Re: [PATCH 0/4] clone: allow configurable default for -o/--origin

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 11, 2020, 19:34 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqblicnm4f.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <pull.727.git.1599848727.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Sean Barag via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

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> Took another pass at supporting a configurable default for-o/--origin, this
> time following Junio's suggestions from a previous approach as much as
> possible [1]. Unfortunately, Johannes mentioned that --template can write
> new config values that aren't automatically merged without re-calling 
> git_config. There doesn't appear to be a way around this without rewriting
> significant amounts of init and config logic across the codebase.
>
> While this could have been v2 of the original patchset, it's diverged so
> drastically from the original that it likely warrants its own root thread.
> If that's not appropriate though, I'd be happy to restructure!

I did wonder if this series came from the same motivation while scanning messages in the mailbox and saw no "v2" in the subject, but I am OK either way in a case like this.

I DO appreciate this note to explain why it is not marked with "v2".