From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 07:11:18 GMT
Subject: Re: confusion over the new branch and merge config
Message-ID: <7vy7ozt7c9.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20061223062801.GA5415@segfault.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> Yes, my proposed syntax means you have to have a tracking branch. But
> does it really make sense for people to put entries in their config
> file, but not have a tracking branch? What do people use non-tracking
> branch pulls for, anyway? I would assume for one-off pulls of
> infrequently used repositories, in which case they're always saying
> "git-pull git://path/to/repo foo:bar".

Not at all.  I pull from gitk repository and I do not have
tracking branch, but I still have a remote defined for it.