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Re: Dropping '+' from fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*?

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Sep 2, 2011, 15:26 UTC
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<20110902152650.GA19213@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 09:00:55AM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote:
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> >     It would be considerably nicer if the server had some way of saying
> >     "I expect this branch to be rewound". Which has been discussed off
> >     and on over the years, as I recall.
> 
> So, if such a feature were available, wouldn't it be nicer if the initial
> clone set up the refspec like this:
> 
>   [remote "origin"]
>         url = git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
>         fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
>         fetch = refs/heads/maint:refs/remotes/origin/maint
>         fetch = refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master
> 
> i.e., the non-wildcard refspec are about which branches are *not* expected
> to be rewound rather than the other way around.

I don't see the advantage one way or the other. Doesn't it just amount to what the default will be? And isn't "not rewind" generally the more common, and hence a better default?

Or are you saying that for backwards compatibility, it would be better to end up with a refspec more like what we have now? That I can see the advantage of.

-Peff
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  3. Shawn PearceSep 1, 2011
  4. Michael J GruberSep 1, 2011
  5. Matthieu MoySep 1, 2011
  6. Shawn PearceSep 1, 2011
  7. Matthieu MoySep 2, 2011
  8. Jeff KingSep 2, 2011
  9. Johannes SixtSep 2, 2011
  10. Jeff KingSep 2, 2011
  11. Michael J GruberSep 2, 2011
  12. Jeff KingSep 2, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2011
  14. Jeff KingSep 2, 2011
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  16. Shawn PearceSep 5, 2011
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  20. Shawn PearceSep 5, 2011
  21. fetch: bigger forced-update warningsJeff King, Sep 7, 2011
  22. Shawn PearceSep 7, 2011
  23. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2011
  24. Jeff KingSep 7, 2011
  25. Thomas RastSep 7, 2011
  26. Matthieu MoySep 6, 2011
  27. Michael J GruberSep 6, 2011

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