From: Michael J Gruber Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:30:15 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] remote: allow adding remote w same name as alias Message-ID: <54945297.3010409@drmicha.warpmail.net> In-Reply-To: Anastas Dancha schrieb am 19.12.2014 um 16:44: > Hello Johannes, > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 4:37 AM, Johannes Schindelin > wrote: >> [...] >> There is one bit left to clarify: let me guess, you have a $HOME/.gitconfig >> like this: >> >> [url "anastas@company.com"] >> insteadOf = backup >> pushInsteadOf = backup >> >> and then you want to add the "backup" remote in a Git working directory >> like this: >> >> git remote add backup me@my-laptop.local >> >> but my suggested fix will still disallow this because the URL does not >> match the url.anastas@company.com.insteadOf? >> >> Ciao, >> Johannes > > Precisely that. In fact, it will not work even if you do any of these: > > git remote add backup anastas@company.com > git remote add backup anything@anyhost.com > git remote add backup backup > > The original / current code and your suggested fix - both exhibit > similar behaviour with the use cases I've described above. > > Thanks, > Anastas > OK, I'll repeat it again: We cannot allow that. "git push" can take a url or a remote as a parameter. Which one is it if you have a remote and a url (alias) with the same name? Michael