Re: [PATCH 1/4] Split up default "core" config parsing into helper routine

From: Eric Raible <raible@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 19, 2008, 00:18 UTC
Message-ID: <loom.20080619T000837-669@post.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0806181632080.2907@woody.linux-foundation.org>

Linus Torvalds <torvalds <at> linux-foundation.org> writes:

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> Forget about "branch.mybranch.url". It has no meaning. It's not what you 
> are supposed to ever use as a human (it's purely for scripting). It's not 
> worth even thinking about.
> 
> 			Linus

But it's hard to forget about it when the 'git pull' error
message that begins with "You asked me to pull without ..."
mentions these specifically:
  branch.${curr_branch}.remote = <nickname>"
  branch.${curr_branch}.merge = <remote-ref>"
  remote.<nickname>.url = <url>"
  remote.<nickname>.fetch = <refspec>"

It seems to me it would be much more helpful if that message gave some sample git config command lines rather than the resulting "scripting-only" names.

- Eric