Re: [PATCH v2] promisor-remote: fix segfault when remote URL is missing
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> Is a configured remote with out a url key really a missing url, though?
> In other contexts it defaults to the name of the remote. E.g.:
>
> # make a repo so "foo" is a valid url
> git init foo
> git -C foo commit --allow-empty bar
>
> # configure a fetch refspec, but no url!
> git init
> git config remote.foo.fetch '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/foo/*'
>
> # now fetching will use the configured refspec with a url of "foo"
> git fetch foo
>
> # and git-remote will report it, along with its url
> git remote ;# shows "foo"
> git remote --get-url foo ;# also shows "foo"
Yeah, that does sound like a more natural way to look at it.