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Re: [PATCH 5/8] push, send-pack: support pushing HEAD to real ref name

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Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Date
Oct 28, 2007, 15:10 UTC
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On Oct 28, 2007, at 8:28 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> writes:
>
>> This teaches "push <remote> HEAD" to resolve HEAD on the local
>> side to its real ref name, e.g. refs/heads/master, and then
>> use the real ref name on the remote side to search a matching
>> remote ref.
>
> This probably is a good idea.

I'll add an even shorter shorthand: "git push HEAD" will push the current branch to its default remote.

	Steffen
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Message 18 of 36 in “improve push's refspec handling”
  1. 0/8 improve push's refspec handlingSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  2. 1/8 push: change push to fail if short ref name does not existSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  3. 2/8 push: teach push new flag --createSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  4. 3/8 add get_sha1_with_real_ref() returning full name of ref on demandSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  5. 4/8 rev-parse: teach "git rev-parse --symbolic" to print the full ref nameSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  6. 5/8 push, send-pack: support pushing HEAD to real ref nameSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  7. 6/8 add ref_cmp_full_short() comparing full ref name with a short nameSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  8. 7/8 push: use same rules as git-rev-parse to resolve refspecsSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  9. 8/8 push: teach push to be quiet if local ref is strict subset of remote refSteffen Prohaska, Oct 27, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  11. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  13. Daniel BarkalowOct 27, 2007
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  15. Daniel BarkalowOct 27, 2007
  16. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  17. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  18. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  19. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  20. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  21. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  22. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  24. Steffen ProhaskaOct 31, 2007
  25. Daniel BarkalowOct 27, 2007
  26. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  27. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  28. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  29. Shawn O. PearceOct 28, 2007
  30. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007
  31. Brian GernhardtOct 28, 2007
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  33. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  34. Daniel BarkalowOct 27, 2007
  35. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2007
  36. Steffen ProhaskaOct 28, 2007

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