From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:29:19 GMT Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2012, #09; Thu, 27) Message-ID: <7vvceym4y8.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <5065ACCE.3060302@xiplink.com> Marc Branchaud writes: > 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 Thanks.