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Re: Implementing branch attributes in git config

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date
May 11, 2006, 01:53 UTC
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On Wed, 10 May 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 	[branch "origin"]
> 		remote = git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
> 		branch master

I totally agree with the principle, but I find the above really confusing. Which "branch" means what? At least if it was "remote_url" and "remote_branch" then there wouldn't be any possibility for confusion.

Nicolas
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Message 66 of 75 in “Implementing branch attributes in git config”
  1. Pavel RoskinMay 7, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2006
  3. Johannes SchindelinMay 8, 2006
  4. Linus TorvaldsMay 8, 2006
  5. Linus TorvaldsMay 8, 2006
  6. Linus TorvaldsMay 8, 2006
  7. Johannes SchindelinMay 8, 2006
  8. Pavel RoskinMay 8, 2006
  9. Johannes SchindelinMay 8, 2006
  10. Pavel RoskinMay 8, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2006
  12. Johannes SchindelinMay 8, 2006
  13. Pavel RoskinMay 8, 2006
  14. seanMay 8, 2006
  15. Linus TorvaldsMay 8, 2006
  16. Pavel RoskinMay 8, 2006
  17. seanMay 8, 2006
  18. Pavel RoskinMay 8, 2006
  19. Linus TorvaldsMay 8, 2006
  20. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2006
  21. seanMay 8, 2006
  22. Johannes SchindelinMay 8, 2006
  23. seanMay 8, 2006
  24. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2006
  25. seanMay 8, 2006
  26. Daniel BarkalowMay 8, 2006
  27. seanMay 8, 2006
  28. Johannes SchindelinMay 8, 2006
  29. seanMay 9, 2006
  30. Johannes SchindelinMay 9, 2006
  31. Linus TorvaldsMay 9, 2006
  32. seanMay 9, 2006
  33. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2006
  34. Linus TorvaldsMay 9, 2006
  35. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2006
  36. Linus TorvaldsMay 9, 2006
  37. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2006
  38. Linus TorvaldsMay 9, 2006
  39. seanMay 9, 2006
  40. Linus TorvaldsMay 9, 2006
  41. seanMay 9, 2006
  42. Linus TorvaldsMay 9, 2006
  43. Jakub NarebskiMay 9, 2006
  44. Johannes SchindelinMay 9, 2006
  45. Linus TorvaldsMay 9, 2006
  46. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2006
  47. Linus TorvaldsMay 9, 2006
  48. seanMay 9, 2006
  49. seanMay 9, 2006
  50. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2006
  51. seanMay 9, 2006
  52. Linus TorvaldsMay 10, 2006
  53. seanMay 10, 2006
  54. Linus TorvaldsMay 10, 2006
  55. Martin LanghoffMay 10, 2006
  56. Johannes SchindelinMay 10, 2006
  57. Linus TorvaldsMay 10, 2006
  58. Jakub NarebskiMay 10, 2006
  59. Martin LanghoffMay 10, 2006
  60. Linus TorvaldsMay 10, 2006
  61. Linus TorvaldsMay 11, 2006
  62. Jeff KingMay 11, 2006
  63. Jeff KingMay 11, 2006
  64. Martin LanghoffMay 11, 2006
  65. Johannes SchindelinMay 11, 2006
  66. Nicolas PitreMay 11, 2006
  67. Jakub NarebskiMay 11, 2006
  68. seanMay 10, 2006
  69. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2006
  70. Martin WaitzMay 9, 2006
  71. Johannes SchindelinMay 9, 2006
  72. Johannes SchindelinMay 8, 2006
  73. Pavel RoskinMay 9, 2006
  74. seanMay 9, 2006
  75. Pavel RoskinMay 9, 2006

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