Re: [PATCH] git-fetch: Allow branch."branchname".remote=.

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 13, 2006, 12:53 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0610131448390.14200@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <ego1ea$tsn$1@sea.gmane.org>

Hi,

On Fri, 13 Oct 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > There is a subtle problem here. Up until now, "remote" meant a short cut. 
> > You either had a file with that name in .git/remotes/ or .git/branches, or 
> > an entry in the config (remote.<name>.url).
> 
> Not exactly. "git-pull . <branch>" and "git-peek-remote ." meant use
> _current_ repository. "." as remote name means "current", i.e. local 
> repository.

>From Documentation/git-pull.txt:

	SYNOPSIS
	--------
	'git-pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>...

It says "repository", not "remote". As for the name "git-peek-remote": yes, it is a short cut for "remote repository".

The thing is, if you say you pull "from a remote", then it is not sufficient to specify just a URL of a repository. You also have to specify a branch.

For git-peek-remote and git-ls-remote, you only need a URL.

If you mix the usage, people get as confused as with the terms "pull", "update" and "merge".

Ciao, Dscho