Re: Allowing override of the default "origin" nickname

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 11, 2008, 12:03 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0801111301360.14355@wbgn129.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <1200022189-2400-1-git-send-email-mlevedahl@gmail.com>

Hi,

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, Mark Levedahl wrote:

> git's current support for remote nicknames other than
> "origin" is restricted to tracking branches where
> branch.<name>.remote is defined.

IIUC your patch only replaces the term "origin" by something user-specifiable. I fail to see the use of it; care to explain what workflow is easier with your patches than without?

Ciao, Dscho

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