Re: Local branch to remote branch translation
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Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
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- Nov 11, 2007, 20:59 UTC
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- <B5C127C0-04B8-4469-B6DD-C8B5335BBA88@zib.de>
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- <9e4733910711111136s20616468sd70b4bb19e7f3d0c@mail.gmail.com>
On Nov 11, 2007, at 8:36 PM, Jon Smirl wrote:
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> On 11/11/07, Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> wrote: >> >> On Nov 11, 2007, at 7:02 PM, Jon Smirl wrote: >> >>> Is the remote config not correct? >> >> This is the configuration for remote "dreamhost". In your >> previous mail you also mentioned a remote "linus". But >> this seems to be unrelated to your question. >> >> >>> [remote "dreamhost"] >>> url = ssh://jonsmirl1@git.digispeaker.com/~/mpc5200b.git >>> fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/dreamhost/* >> >> correct. This fetches the branches from the remote and stores >> them locally as remote tracking branches "dreamhost/<branch>". >> >>> push = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/linus/* >> >> This "renames" your branches when you push. Your local branches >> get pushed to "dreamhost" and are stored there as remote branches >> "linus/<branch>". From your previous mail I assume you like to store >> them as normal branches. You'd need to say > > I did this part incorrectly. I was trying to push my local definition > of the linus remote to the dreamhost repo so that when someone clones > dreamhost linus would be defined in their repo. > > jonsmirl@terra:~/mpc5200b$ git remote show linus > * remote linus > URL: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/ > linux-2.6.git > > How do I push the definition of the linus remote repo?
You can't. Remotes are local to a repository. They cannot be "pushed" nor will they be "cloned" or "fetched".
Steffen