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Re: [PATCH] doc: format-patch: don't use origin as a branch name

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 1, 2014, 19:36 UTC
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<20140801193614.GR12427@google.com>
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<1406920826-4680-1-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org>
Philip Oakley wrote:
> Historically (5 Nov 2005 v0.99.9-46-g28ffb89) the git-format-patch used
> 'origin' as the upstream branch name. This is now used to name the remote.
> Use the more modern 'master' as the branch name.
Would 'origin/master' make sense?

Thanks, Jonathan

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