From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:31:30 GMT
Subject: RE: Default behavior of git pull
Message-ID: <60ef0352705ca_261120866@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <7a97ac78-f405-2dca-2998-f03637cc8255@gmail.com>

Hi Mathias,

I hadn't seen this mail.

Mathias Kunter wrote:
> Wouldn't it make sense if "git pull" would by default also pull the 
> branch with the same name from the remote, in case no upstream is 
> configured?

I agree.

In fact, back in 2014 I wrote a builtin called `git update` to fix all
the problems with `git pull`. That command worked exactly as you
suggest.

I recently sent a new proposal for `git update` [1] asking for feedback on
how different arguments should be handled. Nobody has suggested
anything.

For the next iteration I will implement what you suggested, in my
opinion it makes sense.

Cheers.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20210705123209.1808663-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com/

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Felipe Contreras