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Re: [PATCH 1/3] git remote update: Report error for non-existing groups

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 8, 2009, 18:48 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:20:36AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> I don't know what users want to see when they say "default" explicitly
>> without having an explicit configuration.  Should it do the same thing as
>> "git remote update"?
>
> I'm not sure we have a choice anymore; is it worth breaking
> compatibility to "fix" something that doesn't actually seem to be
> harming anyone?

Nope. I do not use the "remote update" myself to begin with, and I somehow suspect that the reason it does not seem to be harming anyone is because nobody sane uses these "remote groups".

Anyway, I took the patch as-is already.
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Message 7 of 10 in “git remote update: Check args and fallback to remotes”
  1. 0/3 git remote update: Check args and fallback to remotesFinn Arne Gangstad, Apr 6, 2009
  2. 1/3 git remote update: Report error for non-existing groupsFinn Arne Gangstad, Apr 6, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2009
  4. Finn Arne GangstadApr 8, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2009
  6. Jeff KingApr 8, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2009
  8. 2/3 remote: New function remote_is_configured()Finn Arne Gangstad, Apr 6, 2009
  9. 3/3 git remote update: Fallback to remote if group does not existFinn Arne Gangstad, Apr 6, 2009
  10. Jeff KingApr 6, 2009

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