From: Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:56:05 GMT
Subject: Re: Using push.default with push.remote.push
Message-ID: <CAHd499AGQ5k7ON+YY84b6LY1sh9MOw8fsrE2shOibujX1iKeiQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200311162517.GA27893@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 11:25 AM Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> > The current behavior seems to be working as designed, but not as
> > desired. The first push command pushes *all* branches under
> > `refs/heads/*`, instead of just the current branch as it normally
> > would via `push.default` setting. It sort of feels like if a resolved,
> > explicitly defined `push.<remote>.push` config is found *and* it
> > includes wildcards, the `push.default` setting should still be
> > respected.
>
> Then when would remote.*.push with a wildcard ever do anything?

Maybe this is where a potential disconnect is, but I've always viewed
the wildcard refspec as a mapping, rather than an all-inclusive "Push
all the things". In other words, I view it as more of a structural
guide than a behavioral one. I recognize I probably have this wrong,
but it probably speaks to how some users view it, or at least, some
valid use cases to have more of a structural mechanism to map branches
to remote repositories, with `git push --all` being a supplement to
say "Push all branches using this mapping".