From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2021 21:58:59 GMT
Subject: Re: remote.<name>.merge missing from the git-config man page?
Message-ID: <87a6rd2tp8.fsf@igel.home>
In-Reply-To: <YEaRw5x5hnh9RRyM@nand.local>

On Mär 08 2021, Taylor Blau wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 09:57:56PM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> The configured upstream is the value of branch.<name>.merge, isn't it?
>> That would be the name of a remote, not the name of a branch.
>
> Right; the '<name>' in 'branch.<name>.merge' is your local name for a
> branch, but the value of that configuration is the remote's name.

Sorry, I was misreading branch.<name>.merge as branch.<name>.remote.
Now it makes all sense to me.

Andreas.

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