Re: Question regarding git fetch

From: Eric Raible <raible@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 27, 2009, 16:21 UTC
Message-ID: <loom.20090827T180201-590@post.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <32541b130908270836m50553ccatddf4c870eec54ddb@mail.gmail.com>

Avery Pennarun <apenwarr <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Git currently promises that your refs/remotes/* branches will
> never be updated unless you explicitly request it, even if you're
> fetching, merging, and pulling other stuff.

So your claim is that "git fetch central" is somehow more explicit than "git fetch central master"?

I understand that "git fetch central" will use remote.central.fetch (which _is_ explicit), but the command itself is certainly _less_ explicit about specifying the remote branch.

Either way, AFAICT it seems purely historical that "git fetch central master" doesn't update remotes/central.

- Eric