Re: [PATCH] Documentation: update git-pull.txt for clone's new default behavior

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Jan 2, 2007, 00:12 UTC
Message-ID: <7vhcva4782.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070102000606.GA32148@fieldses.org>

"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> writes:

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> On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 03:59:44PM -0800, Luben Tuikov wrote:
>> --- "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> wrote:
>> > +git pull origin next::
>> 
>> No.
>> 
>> > +	Merge into the current branch the remote branch `next`;
>> 
>> So, "origin" now means "current branch".
>
> No, "origin" refers to the remote repository that you originally cloned
> from.
>
> Pulls always merge into the current branch.  So it wouldn't make sense
> to specify the current branch on the command line.

I was also somewhat confused by these examples. I think the description is fine as long as we make it clear that they are not meant to describe what an advanced user _could_ do with various customizations, but to describe what happens with the default configuration set up by git-clone.