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Re: push branch descriptions

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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 14, 2012, 10:33 UTC
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Hi,
Angelo Borsotti wrote:
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> currently, there is no means to push a branch description to a remote
> repository. It is possible to create a branch, but not to set its
> description.
> Would not be more correct to push also branch descriptions when
> branches are pushed?

Branch descriptions are currently stored in .git/config (see branch.<branchname>.description), and are hence intended to be local. But yes, it would be nice to have it synced with the remote- I have no clue how to make that possible though.

Ram
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  1. Angelo BorsottiNov 14, 2012
  2. Ramkumar RamachandraNov 14, 2012
  3. Michael J GruberNov 14, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 14, 2012
  5. Angelo BorsottiNov 14, 2012
  6. Pyeron, Jason J CTR (US)Nov 14, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 14, 2012

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