From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:35:40 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ls-remote: default to 'origin' when no remote specified
Message-ID: <7v8w8y8q1f.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100408044552.GA30473@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> I don't really see a problem with this. The current behavior produces an
> error, so it is not as if we are breaking somebody's workflow, and the
> only sensible default is the same one used by the other commands.

I'd agree only if "the other commands" default to the same remote;
otherwise as a plumbing, ls-remote should insist that the user be more
explicit.

The only odd-man out that would worry me is "git pull", as I expect
everybody written in C would just use remote_get(NULL).