Re: How to git push mirror local refs only?

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 19, 2017, 17:58 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq4lvbuaef.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAHd499Aft6yE=8f8DGRVxMYNR5kg6AVs3tECVtz1VDdwFeL5fg@mail.gmail.com>

Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 8:53 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> So I want to update my remote fork with all my local branches.
>>> Normally I'd do this:
>>>
>>> $ git push --mirror fork
>>> ...
>> Something along this line in your .git/config:
>>
>>         [remote "fork"]
>>                 url = ...
>>                 push = refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*
>>
>> and then
>>
>>         $ git push --prune --follow-tags fork
>
> Sorry for the late reply, I was out of town all last week. Thanks for
> your help. Does this serve as a good general default? I can't imagine
> a case where I'd ever want to push something inside refs/remotes.

It may, as a good general default to something other than --mirror, perhaps. When I ask for mirroring the state of my repository, I'd expect it to preserve as much state as possible, including the tips of histories I received from elsewhere.