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Re: [PATCH 3/6] Teach clone to set remote.default.

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MBMarc Branchaud <mbranchaud@xiplink.com>
Date
Jul 6, 2012, 21:49 UTC
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On 12-07-06 04:43 PM, Marc Branchaud wrote:
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> 
> So why change "git clone" to always set remote.default if the functionality
> remains the same either way?
> 
> To me it makes a more consistent implementation.  Since "git remote add" sets
> remote.default if it's adding the first remote to the repository, when clone
> itself adds the first remote it should do the same.
> 
> Plus this approach makes "clone -o" also work without any special-casing, so
> the code is cleaner, IMHO.
Also, it means that
	git clone /some/repo
and
	git clone -o origin /some/repo
produce exactly the same result.
		M.
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Message 13 of 18 in “Default remote”
  1. 0/6 Default remotemarcnarc@xiplink.com, Jul 5, 2012
  2. 1/6 Rename remote.c's default_remote_name static variables.marcnarc@xiplink.com, Jul 5, 2012
  3. 2/6 Teach remote.c about the remote.default configuration setting.marcnarc@xiplink.com, Jul 5, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2012
  5. Marc BranchaudJul 6, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2012
  7. Marc BranchaudJul 6, 2012
  8. 3/6 Teach clone to set remote.default.marcnarc@xiplink.com, Jul 5, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2012
  10. Marc BranchaudJul 6, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2012
  12. Marc BranchaudJul 6, 2012
  13. Marc BranchaudJul 6, 2012
  14. 4/6 Teach "git remote" about remote.default.marcnarc@xiplink.com, Jul 5, 2012
  15. Phil HordJul 6, 2012
  16. Marc BranchaudJul 6, 2012
  17. 5/6 Test that plain "git fetch" uses remote.default when on a detached HEAD.marcnarc@xiplink.com, Jul 5, 2012
  18. 6/6 Teach get_default_remote to respect remote.default.marcnarc@xiplink.com, Jul 5, 2012

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