Re: confusion over the new branch and merge config
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006, Jeff King wrote:
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> BTW, is there some explanation why branch.*.merge specifies a _remote_
> head? The following would make much more sense to me:
>
> [branch "master"]
> remote = origin
> merge = refs/remotes/origin/master
>
> Because I don't _care_ that the other guy calls it refs/heads/master. I
> care that I'm pulling from refs/remotes/origin/master on my end (and
> however I get stuff into that branch is defined by the remote).
Exactly the point I'm trying to make !
I'm glad I'm not alone to come to this conclusion.
Nicolas
Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>