Re: remote.<name>.merge missing from the git-config man page?

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Mar 8, 2021, 20:14 UTC
Message-ID: <87pn092yja.fsf@igel.home>
In-Reply-To: <YEZwY0721KvQNkK+@nand.local>

On Mär 08 2021, Taylor Blau wrote:

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> diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
> index ab103c82cf..a953c7c387 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
> @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ EXAMPLES
>
>  `git push origin`::
>  	Without additional configuration, pushes the current branch to
> -	the configured upstream (`remote.origin.merge` configuration
> +	the configured upstream (`branch.<name>.merge` configuration
>  	variable) if it has the same name as the current branch, and
>  	errors out without pushing otherwise.

That doesn't say what <name> is. Is that supposed to be <branch>? Also, what is "it" referring to in "if it has the same name"?

Andreas.

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