Re: [PATCH] [WIP/RFC] add git pull and git fetch --set-upstream

>Corentin BOMPARD <corentin.bompard@etu.univ-lyon1.fr> writes:
>
>> Add the --set-upstream option to git pull/fetch
>> which lets the user set the upstream configuration
>> for the current branch.
>
> I think it is a good idea to mention what you exactly mean by "the
> upstream configuration" here.  
>
> Do you mean the "branch.<current-branch-name>.merge" configuration
> variable?

>> +             /*
>> +              * We're setting the upstream configuration for the current branch. The
>> +              * relevent upstream is the fetched branch that is meant to be merged with
>> +              * the current one, i.e. the one fetched to FETCH_HEAD.
>> +              *
>> +              * When there are several such branches, consider the request ambiguous and
>> +              * err on the safe side by doing nothing and just emit a waring.
>> +              */
>> +             for (rm = ref_map; rm; rm = rm->next) {
>> +                     fprintf(stderr, "\n -%s", rm->name);
>> +                     if (rm->peer_ref) {
>> +                             fprintf(stderr, " -> %s", rm->peer_ref->name);
>> +                     } else {
>> +                             if (source_ref) {
>> +                                     fprintf(stderr, " -> FETCH_HEAD\n");
>> +                                     warning(_("Multiple branch detected, incompatible with set-upstream"));
>
> Shouldn't this be diagnosed as an error and stop the "fetch" or
> "pull", though?