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Re: [PATCH v3] push: Enhance unspecified push default warning

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Greg Jacobson <coder5000@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 3, 2013, 13:35 UTC
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Is there anything I could do to improve this patch?  Thank you.
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Greg Jacobson <coder5000@gmail.com> wrote:
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> When the unset push.default warning message is displayed
> this may be the first time many users encounter push.default.
> Modified the warning message to explain in a compact
> manner what push.default is and why it is being changed in
> Git 2.0.  Also provided additional information to help users
> decide if this change will affect their workflow.
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Jacobson <coder5000@gmail.com>
> ---
>  builtin/push.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/push.c b/builtin/push.c
> index 7b1b66c..5393e28 100644
> --- a/builtin/push.c
> +++ b/builtin/push.c
> @@ -174,6 +174,15 @@ N_("push.default is unset; its implicit value is
> changing in\n"
>     "\n"
>     "  git config --global push.default simple\n"
>     "\n"
> +   "When push.default is set to 'matching', git will push all local branches\n"
> +   "to the remote branches with the same (matching) name.  This will no\n"
> +   "longer be the default in Git 2.0 because a branch could be\n"
> +   "unintentionally pushed to a remote.\n"
> +   "\n"
> +   "In Git 2.0 the new push.default of 'simple' will push only the current\n"
> +   "branch to the same remote branch used by git pull.   A push will\n"
> +   "only succeed if the remote and local branches have the same name.\n"
> +   "\n"
>     "See 'git help config' and search for 'push.default' for further
> information.\n"
>     "(the 'simple' mode was introduced in Git 1.7.11. Use the similar mode\n"
>     "'current' instead of 'simple' if you sometimes use older versions
> of Git)");
> --
> 1.8.4.474.g128a96c.dirty
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  2. Greg JacobsonNov 3, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2013
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