Re: [PATCH 1/3] fetch: add --allow-local option

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: May 18, 2013, 14:23 UTC
Message-ID: <CAMP44s3oNyCzH=ySNuB0f6yn536S=pUKDETAhBOwk_siFn30EQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <E74470E4201142788D36127322130401@PhilipOakley>

On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> wrote:

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> From: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 7:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] fetch: add --allow-local option
>
> [...]
>
>
>> So when "the user" is running "git fetch" on "mywork" branch that
>> happens to be forked from a local "master", i.e. her configuration
>> is set as
>>
>> [branch "mywork"]
>>        remote = .
>>                merge = refs/heads/master
>>
>
> Was the '.' example illustrative rather than exact. I see no case of using
> '.' in my configs. Or am I completely missing the point? (e.g. that the use
> of '.' an example of possible future usage)?

% git checkout -t -b feature master # work % git rebase -i

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Felipe Contreras