Re: [PATCH] clone: in protocol v2, use remote's default branch

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 14, 2020, 19:42 UTC
Message-ID: <5fd7c03160b1c_d3c9c20853@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <20201214192534.3105508-1-jonathantanmy@google.com>

Jonathan Tan wrote:

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> > But shouldn't there at least be a corresponding "fetch" option? On init
> > we'll create head, but "git fetch --clobber-my-idea-of-HEAD-with-remote
> > ..."?
> 
> I think that it's OK for "clone" to create HEAD, but not OK for "fetch"
> to modify HEAD.

Not the local HEAD, the remote HEAD.

See my proposal to update the remote head in different scenarios:

https://lore.kernel.org/git/20201118091219.3341585-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com/

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Felipe Contreras

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