From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:07:56 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] git push: Push nothing if no refspecs are given or configured
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0903061306450.10279@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20090306114812.GA19534@pvv.org>

Hi,

On Fri, 6 Mar 2009, Finn Arne Gangstad wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 02:32:53AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> > 
> > > On Thu, 5 Mar 2009, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 23:25, Markus Heidelberg
> > >> <markus.heidelberg@web.de> wrote:
> > >> > Oh, I confused "config option" with "command line argument"...
> > >> 
> > >> Right, I'd like to be able to do:
> > >> $ git config push.iamnotretarded true
> > >> $ git push
> > >
> > > LOL!  Sverre, you have a way to crack me up...
> > 
> > I found it amusing, too.
> > 
> > It may have some correlation with how well organized your work habit is,
> > but I do not think it has much correlation with being retarded.  It is
> > more about "'matching refs' is the perfect default for _my_ use pattern,
> > don't mess with it, please".
> 
> So here is my current WIP suggestion for a new "push.default"
> variable, I am not sure if a single entry can express all useful
> choices, or if it is a good idea to introduce more default choices
> other than "nothing" (with the goal of making it the default in a
> later release).

Speaking of which, Steffen (who cannot reply right now, since he is AFK 
for a while) had a patch to install "remote.<branch>.push = HEAD" with 
clone and remote.  Would that be better?

Ciao,
Dscho