From: Andreas Schwab Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:14:58 GMT Subject: Re: man page for "git remote set-url" seems confusing/contradictory Message-ID: <87y3hn5drx.fsf@linux-m68k.org> In-Reply-To: On Apr 16 2018, "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > i don't understand how you can clearly set the fetch and push URLs of > a remote independently, while the man page nonetheless insists that > "even though they can be set differently, must still refer to the same > place". how can they be set differently yet still must refer to the > same place? They could be using different transport methods. For example, for fetching the unauthenticated git: method could be used, but for pushing an authenticated method like ssh: is usually needed. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."