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

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 13, 2006, 12:39 UTC
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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.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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  1. git-fetch: Allow branch."branchname".remote=.Santi Béjar, Oct 13, 2006
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