From: Andrei Rybak <rybak.a.v@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:25:07 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] clone: allow configurable default for `-o`/`--origin`
Message-ID: <83b5a9a0-6982-2bf7-139e-5cf2823f223c@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <5c519376c29a28bd89a712cf0b8125fc1c2c81be.1599848727.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On 2020-09-11 20:25, Sean Barag via GitGitGadget wrote:
> From: Sean Barag <sean@barag.org>
>
> While the default remote name of "origin" can be changed at clone-time
> with `git clone`'s `--origin` option, it was previously not possible
> to specify a default value for the name of that remote.  This commit
> adds support for a new `clone.defaultRemoteName` config.
>
> It's resolved in the expected priority order:
>
> 1. (Highest priority) A remote name passed directly to `git clone -o`
> 2. A `clone.defaultRemoteName=new_name` in config `git clone -c`
> 3. A `clone.defaultRemoteName` value set in `/path/to/template/config`,
>    where `--template=/path/to/template` is provided
> 3. A `clone.defaultRemoteName` value set in a non-template config file

Number 3 is used twice in this list.

> 4. The default value of `origin`
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Barag <sean@barag.org>
> Thanks-to: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> Thanks-to: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>