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Re: [PATCHv2 3/4] Documentation: branch.*.merge can also afect 'git-push'

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 2, 2009, 06:08 UTC
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Santi Béjar <santi@agolina.net> writes:
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> 2009/3/30 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
> ...
> Maybe the push.default description needs some enhancements, but this
> [3/4] is true.
>
>> I think the author meant to say if your local branch frotz by default
>> merges changes made to the branch nitfol of the remote repository, "frotz
>> tracks nitfol", but the use of the word "track" for that meaning appears
>> nowhere in Documentation/glossary-content.txt
>
> So we can define:
>
> push.default = "tracking" = "push the current branch to its upstream branch"
>
> The "upstream branch" is defined in branch.name.merge and could also
> be added to glossary-content.
Sounds like a good plan.  Please make it so.
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Message 8 of 17 in “[PATCHv2 0/4] push.default and branch.<name>.{remote,merge} changes”
  1. Santi BéjarMar 30, 2009
  2. 1/4 Documentation: enhance branch.<name>.{remote,merge}Santi Béjar, Mar 30, 2009
  3. 2/4 Documentation: push.default applies to all remotesSanti Béjar, Mar 30, 2009
  4. 3/4 Documentation: branch.*.merge can also afect 'git-push'Santi Béjar, Mar 30, 2009
  5. Michael J GruberMar 30, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2009
  7. Santi BéjarMar 30, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2009
  9. 4/4 Rename push.default to push.modeSanti Béjar, Mar 30, 2009
  10. Michael J GruberMar 30, 2009
  11. Santi BéjarMar 30, 2009
  12. Michael J GruberMar 30, 2009
  13. Jeff KingMar 30, 2009
  14. Michael J GruberMar 30, 2009
  15. Jeff KingMar 30, 2009
  16. Michael J GruberMar 31, 2009
  17. Jeff KingMar 31, 2009

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