Re: [RFC/PATCH] push: introduce implicit push

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 15, 2013, 03:04 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0k6bmjFxTSMAutgu2EjWRZ_cyTU9jZ3Er-aaV78T16RtQ@mail.gmail.com>

Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:

> ...  In my proposal, the
> precedence order branch.<name>.pushremote, remote.pushdefault,
> branch.<name>.remote, remote.default, origin, remains the same: we
> just want to change which branch that <name> refers to.

That "changing the meaning of <name>" in the middle, and doing so will be confusing to the users, is exactly the issue, isn't it?

> In my
> opinion, it is a much more subtle change than the entirely new
> precedence order that you're inventing.

Adding "--" has never been my itch. I just brought it up out of thin air as a possible alternative that is less confusing.

If it does not work well, we do not have to add it, but it is dubious that we would want to add something that is even more confusing.

Just like Peff, I am sympathetic to people who want to omit "where to" and have Git automatically make a guess, and would be happy if we can find a reasonable solution to that problem.

But I am not convinced what we discussed in these threads are good solutions. At least not yet.