From: Mathew George <mathewegeorge@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2024 06:51:47 GMT
Subject: Cannot override `remote.origin.url` with `-c` option
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.


> Please review the rest of the bug report below.
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[System Info]
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git version 2.45.2
cpu: x86_64
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shell-path: /usr/bin/sh
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libc info: no libc information available
$SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /usr/bin/bash


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