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Re: [PATCH 1/3] fetch: add --allow-local option

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 19, 2013, 06:10 UTC
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<E74470E4201142788D36127322130401@PhilipOakley>
"Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:
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> From: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 7:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] fetch: add --allow-local option
>
> [...]
>
>> So when "the user" is running "git fetch" on "mywork" branch that
>> happens to be forked from a local "master", i.e. her configuration
>> is set as
>>
>> [branch "mywork"]
>>        remote = .
>>                merge = refs/heads/master
>>
>
> Was the '.' example illustrative rather than exact.

It is exactly spelled like so. Just like '.' in the filesystem refers to our current directory, a dot-repository used there refers to our local repository. "Git is distributed and no repository is special" principle extends to our own local repository in that you can use it just like you can use anybody else's repository as the source of fetch or the destination of push.

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Message 29 of 31 in “fetch: fix '.' fetching”
  1. 0/3 fetch: fix '.' fetchingFelipe Contreras, May 16, 2013
  2. 1/3 fetch: add --allow-local optionFelipe Contreras, May 16, 2013
  3. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 16, 2013
  4. Felipe ContrerasMay 16, 2013
  5. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 16, 2013
  6. Felipe ContrerasMay 16, 2013
  7. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 16, 2013
  8. Felipe ContrerasMay 16, 2013
  9. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 16, 2013
  10. Felipe ContrerasMay 16, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2013
  12. Felipe ContrerasMay 16, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2013
  14. Felipe ContrerasMay 16, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2013
  16. Felipe ContrerasMay 16, 2013
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2013
  18. Felipe ContrerasMay 17, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2013
  20. Felipe ContrerasMay 18, 2013
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2013
  22. Felipe ContrerasMay 19, 2013
  23. About overzealous compatibilityFelipe Contreras, May 19, 2013
  24. Felipe ContrerasMay 19, 2013
  25. Philip OakleyMay 18, 2013
  26. Felipe ContrerasMay 18, 2013
  27. Philip OakleyMay 18, 2013
  28. Felipe ContrerasMay 18, 2013
  29. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2013
  30. 2/3 fetch: switch allow-local off by defaultFelipe Contreras, May 16, 2013
  31. 3/3 remote: disable allow-local for pushesFelipe Contreras, May 16, 2013

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