Re: [ITCH] Specify refspec without remote

From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 10, 2013, 13:22 UTC
Message-ID: <CALkWK0=Tu7ttVqF1RPKvHiMQTH7dU+PKCfsZw9eq1H=vkRen9A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130410035039.GA795@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King wrote:

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>   git push --remote=host:some/path
>
> if we are willing to break the existing syntax. Though your proposal
> does have the benefit of breaking only one particular syntax which is
> (I'm guessing) less frequently used. But we'd still need the usual
> deprecation period, I think.

Why? 'git push host:some/path' should treat host:some/path as a destination and not a refspec. If the user meant refspec, she should do 'git push -- host:some/path' instead.

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