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Re: [RFC/PATCH] remote: add new sync command

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Nov 7, 2011, 21:31 UTC
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On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 01:25:23PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > That makes sense. But I think it fits in with git's current UI to do
> > this via a combination of push options and refspecs. Even if we want to
> > wrap it in some "git remote" command for convenience, I think what
> > you're asking should be implemented as part of "git push".
> 
> Yeah, I think it makes sense to give --prune to "push" just like "fetch"
> already has. These two are the primary (and in the ideal world, only)
> operations that talk to the outside world. "remote add -f" might have been
> a tempting "convenience" feature, but I personally think it probably was a
> mistake for the exact reason that letting anything but "push" and "fetch"
> talk to the outside world just invites more confusion. There does not have
> to be 47 different ways to do the same thing.

I don't mind "add -f" too much, which is at least very clear that it is simply a convenience feature for "git remote add foo && git fetch foo". But the other "git remote" features like "set-head -a", which can't be done any other way, or the "auto-check-what-the-remote-has" feature of "git remote show" are a little gross.

Anyway, I think we are on the same page; this feature (and btw, I think this is a great feature that we should have) should go into "push".

-Peff
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  1. remote: add new sync commandFelipe Contreras, Nov 7, 2011
  2. Jeff KingNov 7, 2011
  3. Felipe ContrerasNov 7, 2011
  4. Jeff KingNov 7, 2011
  5. Felipe ContrerasNov 7, 2011
  6. Jeff KingNov 7, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 7, 2011
  8. Jeff KingNov 7, 2011
  9. Felipe ContrerasNov 8, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 8, 2011
  11. Felipe ContrerasNov 8, 2011
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2011
  13. Jakub NarebskiNov 11, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2011
  15. Jakub NarebskiNov 11, 2011
  16. Felipe ContrerasNov 8, 2011
  17. Jeff KingNov 8, 2011
  18. Felipe ContrerasNov 11, 2011
  19. Jeff KingNov 11, 2011
  20. Felipe ContrerasNov 12, 2011
  21. Jeff KingNov 14, 2011
  22. Felipe ContrerasNov 14, 2011
  23. Jeff KingNov 21, 2011
  24. Felipe ContrerasNov 21, 2011
  25. Jeff KingNov 30, 2011
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