From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:47:39 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix handling of not_for_merge '.' flag in refspec.
Message-ID: <7vk6gzcrf8.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <11280379894186-git-send-email-tom.prince@ualberta.net>

Tom Prince <tom.prince@ualberta.net> writes:

> canon_refs_list_for_fetch did not know about '.', so it mangled any
> reference with it. Further, it added '.' to any refspec on the command
> line other than the first.

The dot trick was supposed to be internal.  If you have the
following three lines in a remotes/xyzzy file:

	URL: http://xyzzy.xz/balances.git
        Pull: frotz nitfol
        Pull: rezrov

    $ git pull xyzzy

    - fetch frotz, nitfol, and rezrov; merge frotz into the
      current branch

    $ git pull xyzzy nitfol

    - fetch nitfol only; merge nitfol into the current branch.

    $ git pull xyzzy nitfol rezrov

    - fetch nitfol and rezrov; merge them into the current
      branch (an Octopus).

The '.' is in no way part of the <refspec> format.  It may not
be a bad idea to explicitly forbid it, but currently we don't.