From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 16:38:04 GMT
Subject: Re: `git fetch --refmap=<refspec>… <repository> <refspec>… ` providing NON-empty <refspec> to the --refmap ALSO causes Git to ignore the configured refspecs
Message-ID: <562614e4-5384-4220-896a-20b3f79771bd@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <CANrWfmRdz1Xxud=f0GWrc=nURV2xZU8Wm=8u2X+W4tL4d-yeTg@mail.gmail.com>

Am 04.09.24 um 13:12 schrieb Han Jiang:
> 1. If the doc says "providing an empty <refspec> to the --refmap
> option causes Git to ignore the configured refspecs and rely entirely
> on the refspecs supplied as command-line arguments" then it's
> reasonable to guess that "providing a non-empty <refspec> will not do
> those".

Fair enough. But then in section "Configured Remote-tracking Branches"
it is said that "The latter use of the remote.<repository>.fetch values
can be overridden by giving the --refmap=<refspec> parameter(s) on the
command line." So... I dunno. Just my 2c.

-- Hannes