From: Kevin Daudt <me@ikke.info>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:39:23 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] for-each-ref: let upstream/push optionally remote ref name
Message-ID: <20171013163923.GA5598@alpha.vpn.ikke.info>
In-Reply-To: <7da6c7e2563d14cb7cd7ff2637c79c51896a9788.1507205895.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 02:19:15PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> From: J Wyman <jwyman@microsoft.com>
> [..] 
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
> index 39f50bd53eb..22767025850 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
> @@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ upstream::
>  	encountered. Append `:track,nobracket` to show tracking
>  	information without brackets (i.e "ahead N, behind M").
>  +
> -Also respects `:remotename` to state the name of the *remote* instead of
> -the ref.
> +Also respects `:remotename` to state the name of the *remote* instead
> +of the ref, and `:remoteref` to state the name of the *reference* as
> +locally known by the remote.

What does "locally known by the remote" mean in this sentence?

>  +
>  Has no effect if the ref does not have tracking information associated
>  with it.  All the options apart from `nobracket` are mutually exclusive,
> @@ -152,9 +153,9 @@ but if used together the last option is selected.