Re: push.default documented in "man git-push"?

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 2, 2012, 18:34 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0nQu_vvLGu=j2CDkGcKtp-T401kDyhD5_iMqQrkGk9K8Q@mail.gmail.com>

Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:

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> David Glasser wrote:
>> Thanks Rankumar! There's also the reference in the "git push origin"
>> example and the "This is the default operation mode if no explicit
>> refspec is found".
>
> Sorry;  here's a revised patch.
>
> --8<--

FYI: the above is not a scissors line.

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> From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 21:06:05 +0530
> Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: mention `push.default` in git-push.txt
>
> Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-push.txt | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
> index cb97cc1..e1e9aca 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
> @@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]]
>         `+`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed
>         by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>.
>         It is used to specify with what <src> object the <dst> ref
> -       in the remote repository is to be updated.
> +       in the remote repository is to be updated.  If not specified,
> +       the configuration variable `push.default` is used.

I think this is way suboptimal; it is begging users to do this

	[push]
		default = frotz:xyzzy

by making it sound as if push.default gives a default for <refs>.

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> @@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ directs git to push "matching" branches: for every
> branch that
>  the local side, the remote side is updated if a branch of the same name
>  already exists on the remote side.  This is the default operation mode
>  if no explicit refspec is found (that is neither on the command line
> -nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below).
> +nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file, or `push.default`
> +---see below).

Likewise. The added part should not be inside the parentheses, which is about what the value used for refspec. `push.default` is about what happens when there is _no_ refspec.

I'll queue this instead.  Thanks.

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From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 21:08:00 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: mention `push.default` in git-push.txt

It already is listed in the "git config" documentation, but people interested in pushing would first look at "git push" documentation.

Noticed-by: David Glasser
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Fixed-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/git-push.txt | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index cb97cc1..70b18bc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]]
 	`+`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed
 	by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>.
 	It is used to specify with what <src> object the <dst> ref
-	in the remote repository is to be updated.
+	in the remote repository is to be updated.  If not specified,
+	the behavior of the command is controled by the `push.default`
+	configuration variable.
 +
 The <src> is often the name of the branch you would want to push, but
 it can be any arbitrary "SHA-1 expression", such as `master~4` or
@@ -65,7 +67,8 @@ directs git to push "matching" branches: for every branch that exists on
 the local side, the remote side is updated if a branch of the same name
 already exists on the remote side.  This is the default operation mode
 if no explicit refspec is found (that is neither on the command line
-nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below).
+nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below) and
+no `push.default` configuration variable is set.
 
 --all::
 	Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all
@@ -357,7 +360,8 @@ Examples
 	`git push origin :`.
 +
 The default behavior of this command when no <refspec> is given can be
-configured by setting the `push` option of the remote.
+configured by setting the `push` option of the remote, or the `push.default`
+configuration variable.
 +
 For example, to default to pushing only the current branch to `origin`
 use `git config remote.origin.push HEAD`.  Any valid <refspec> (like

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