Re: [PATCH 7/7] push: document --lockref

Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:

What justification do we have to break existing people's configuration that says something like:

	[remote "ko"]
		url = kernel.org:/pub/scm/git/git.git
                push = master
                push = next
                push = +pu
                push = maint

by adding a _new_ requirement they may not be able to satisify? Notice that the above is a typical "push only" publishing point, where you do not need any remote tracking branches.

I am not opposed if your proposal were to introduce a new syntax element that calls for this new feature, e.g.

	[remote "ko"]
		url = kernel.org:/pub/scm/git/git.git
                push = *pu
                fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/ko/*

but changing what "+" means to something new will simply not fly.