From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:05:15 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Teach git-remote to update existing remotes by fetching from them
Message-ID: <81b0412b0702190305j20cf2d10w8f75c4345ba0fc26@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070219073238.GA30030@spearce.org>

On 2/19/07, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
> Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> > "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> writes:
> >
> > > This allows users to use the command "git remote update" to update all
> > > remotes that are being tracked in the repository.
> >
> > Sounds like a good idea.  Thanks.
>
> <personalwishlist>
>
> It would be nice to define "gang remotes".  For example I want to
> be able to have:
>
>   `git fetch cs`  ==  `git fetch cs-one; git fetch cs-two`
>   `git fetch jc`  ==  `git fetch origin; git fetch alt`

I was thinking about something very similar.

> Why?  Well, I often have multiple remotes setup to the *same*
> repository depending on the SSH hostname I want to use to access
> that repository.  This has a lot to do with the way my firewalls
> are setup and where I'm physically connected at any given time.

For all the same reasons :)

> Yes, I really do have multiple remotes setup to the access the
> same (remote) physical disk.  :)
>
> Possible syntax:
>
>         [remote "cs"]
>                 remote = cs-one
>                 remote = cs-two
>         [remote "jc"]
>                 remote = origin
>                 remote = alt
>

Or :

  [remote "jc"]
    url = git://...
    fetch = refs/heads/*:remotes/jc/*
    remote ("include"? "next"?) = origin

(I mean: it can be allowed to mix url/fetch and remote).

And:

  [remote "jc"]
    fail = all-fail
    remote = origin
    remote = backup

IOW: the fetch fails only if all fetches fail (with default
being "fail = first").