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Re: [PATCH resend] make "git push" update origin and mirrors, "git push --mirror" update mirrors

From
Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
Date
Apr 28, 2008, 05:03 UTC
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<48155AAC.5020106@gnu.org>
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> Yes, I think that is what I was thinking.  By making users always say
> where they are pulling, fetching or pushing from/to it becomes less
> weird when you have to give a refspec too.
> 
> But this clearly harms the `git pull` case that relies upon the magic
> branch.$name.remote and branch.$name.merge keys, as now git-pull is
> expecting the user to supply a remote name, but one was already saved
> for this current branch.

I would have no problem at all in removing the defaulting to "origin". Leaving the magic branch.<name>.{remote,merge} as the only case where 0-argument "git pull" is allowed, would be much simpler to explain, and would not impact the "centralized" operation mode.

Paolo
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Message 19 of 74 in “make "git push" update origin and mirrors, "git push --mirror" update mirrors”
  1. make "git push" update origin and mirrors, "git push --mirror" update mirrorsPaolo Bonzini, Apr 26, 2008
  2. Shawn O. PearceApr 26, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2008
  4. Shawn O. PearceApr 27, 2008
  5. Shawn O. PearceApr 27, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2008
  7. Shawn O. PearceApr 27, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2008
  9. Paolo BonziniApr 27, 2008
  10. Jeff KingApr 28, 2008
  11. Paolo BonziniApr 28, 2008
  12. Jeff KingApr 28, 2008
  13. Jeff KingApr 28, 2008
  14. Paolo BonziniApr 28, 2008
  15. Johannes SchindelinApr 28, 2008
  16. Paolo BonziniApr 28, 2008
  17. Johannes SchindelinApr 28, 2008
  18. Shawn O. PearceApr 28, 2008
  19. Paolo BonziniApr 28, 2008
  20. Stephen R. van den BergApr 28, 2008
  21. Jeff KingApr 28, 2008
  22. Paolo BonziniApr 27, 2008
  23. Paolo BonziniApr 27, 2008
  24. 0/7 limit the usage of the default remote "origin" to the minimumPaolo Bonzini, Apr 28, 2008
  25. 1/7 add special "matching refs" refspecPaolo Bonzini, Apr 28, 2008
  26. 2/7 add push line in git-clonePaolo Bonzini, Apr 28, 2008
  27. 3/7 Add a --push option to "git-remote add"Paolo Bonzini, Apr 28, 2008
  28. 4/7 make "git push" update all push repositories.Paolo Bonzini, Apr 28, 2008
  29. 5/7 don't rely on zero-argument "git fetch" from within git pullPaolo Bonzini, Apr 28, 2008
  30. 6/7 warn on "git pull" without a given branch.<name>.remote valuePaolo Bonzini, Apr 28, 2008
  31. 7/7 make "git fetch" update all fetch repositoriesPaolo Bonzini, Apr 28, 2008
  32. Alex RiesenApr 28, 2008
  33. Paolo BonziniApr 28, 2008
  34. Alex RiesenApr 28, 2008
  35. Paolo BonziniApr 29, 2008
  36. Alex RiesenApr 29, 2008
  37. Andreas EricssonApr 29, 2008
  38. Paolo BonziniApr 29, 2008
  39. Johannes SchindelinApr 29, 2008
  40. Paolo BonziniApr 29, 2008
  41. Alex RiesenApr 29, 2008
  42. Paolo BonziniApr 29, 2008
  43. Andreas EricssonApr 29, 2008
  44. Paolo BonziniApr 29, 2008
  45. Andreas EricssonApr 29, 2008
  46. Paolo BonziniApr 29, 2008
  47. しらいしななこApr 29, 2008
  48. Alex RiesenApr 29, 2008
  49. Paolo BonziniApr 29, 2008
  50. Alex RiesenApr 29, 2008
  51. Paolo BonziniApr 29, 2008
  52. Alex RiesenApr 29, 2008
  53. Johannes SchindelinApr 29, 2008
  54. Jeff KingApr 29, 2008
  55. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2008
  56. Paolo BonziniApr 30, 2008
  57. Johannes SchindelinApr 29, 2008
  58. Alex RiesenApr 29, 2008
  59. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2008
  60. Paolo BonziniMay 6, 2008
  61. Paolo BonziniMay 14, 2008
  62. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2008
  63. Paolo BonziniMay 14, 2008
  64. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2008
  65. Paolo BonziniMay 14, 2008
  66. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2008
  67. Paolo BonziniApr 30, 2008
  68. Jeff KingApr 29, 2008
  69. Alex RiesenApr 29, 2008
  70. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2008
  71. Jeff KingApr 29, 2008
  72. Paolo BonziniApr 30, 2008
  73. Paolo BonziniApr 29, 2008
  74. Johannes SchindelinApr 29, 2008

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