Cannot override `remote.origin.url` with `-c` option

From: Mathew George <mathewegeorge@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 9, 2024, 06:51 UTC
Message-ID: <83D801A8-3878-43C1-B7A7-78B3B7315FD8@gmail.com>

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> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)

``` # Create a test repo to pull into git init test cd $_ git remote add origin wrong-url # Create a test repo to pull from git init ../test2 cd $_ touch a git add . git commit -m 'commit to pull' # Attempt to pull, setting remote.origin.url # The following git commands will fail: cd ../test git -c remote.origin.url=../test2 pull git -c remote.origin.url=../test2 fetch # However, this succeeds: git pull ../test2 ```

> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)

The '-c' option should allow me to override the remote URL, which, as a result of running `git remote add`, is configured as follows in test/.git/config:

```
[remote "origin"]
	url = wrong-url
```

From git(1): 
```
-c <name>=<value>
    Pass a configuration parameter to the command. The
    value given will override values from configuration
    files.
```

> What happened instead? (Actual behavior)

The following errors are produced for both 'fetch' and 'pull' operations:

``` fatal: 'wrong-url' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. ```

Regardless of the -c option, the commands above use the url 'wrong-url' from .git/config.

> What's different between what you expected and what actually
> happened?

The -c option is not respected.

> Anything else you want to add:

It may be that this is not supported, but if that's the case, I missed any documentation saying so.

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