Re: What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2012, #09; Thu, 27)

> On 12-09-27 11:38 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>
>> * mb/remote-default-nn-origin (2012-07-11) 6 commits
>>   - Teach get_default_remote to respect remote.default.
>>   - Test that plain "git fetch" uses remote.default when on a detached HEAD.
>>   - Teach clone to set remote.default.
>>   - Teach "git remote" about remote.default.
>>   - Teach remote.c about the remote.default configuration setting.
>>   - Rename remote.c's default_remote_name static variables.
>>
>>   When the user does not specify what remote to interact with, we
>>   often attempt to use 'origin'.  This can now be customized via a
>>   configuration variable.
>>
>>   Expecting a reroll.
>>
>>   "The first remote becomes the default" bit is better done as a
>>   separate step.
>
> Unfortunately my days have been too full to progress this.  I'm still
> planning to get to it when there's an opportunity.  The next iteration
> would add the settings required to enable the migration plan that
> Junio outlined here:
> 	http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/201332
>
> In the meantime, anyone else who feels like taking this up is more
> than welcome.  The relevant threads are:
> 	http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/200145
> 	http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/201065
> 	http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/201306