Hi,
I have a question:
Why I can't do
$ git push my_tag
It will fail because the remote is not specified, even if there is only one origin remote
but can do
$ git push --tags
and it will push tags to origin...
Thanks, Eugene
Avery PennarunRe: git push interface inconsistency
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Eugene Sajine <euguess@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have a question: > > Why I can't do > > $ git push my_tag > > It will fail because the remote is not specified, even if there is > only one origin remote > > but can do > > $ git push --tags > > and it will push tags to origin...
Because 'my_tag' is interpreted as the name or URL of the remote, not as a branch name. You can do "git push origin" and it will guess the branch name(s) to push, but because of that, the one-parameter push can't *also* be used to guess the remote name.
In contrast, --tags is a flag, so it's actually the zero-parameter version of push, which assumes 'origin' and then guesses the branch name (and --tags changes the guessed result).
Hope that helps.
Have fun,
Avery
Re: git push interface inconsistency
Got it.
Thanks!
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Eugene Sajine <euguess@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have a question: >> >> Why I can't do >> >> $ git push my_tag >> >> It will fail because the remote is not specified, even if there is >> only one origin remote >> >> but can do >> >> $ git push --tags >> >> and it will push tags to origin... > > Because 'my_tag' is interpreted as the name or URL of the remote, not > as a branch name. You can do "git push origin" and it will guess the > branch name(s) to push, but because of that, the one-parameter push > can't *also* be used to guess the remote name. > > In contrast, --tags is a flag, so it's actually the zero-parameter > version of push, which assumes 'origin' and then guesses the branch > name (and --tags changes the guessed result). > > Hope that helps. > > Have fun, > > Avery >