# git-svn fetch updating master 4 messages from 2007-08-15 to 2007-08-16. Participants: Mike Hommey, Eric Wong. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/9541 ## Mike Hommey, 2007-08-15 18:12 Subject: git-svn fetch updating master Message-ID: <20070815181228.GA6363@glandium.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20070815181228.GA6363%40glandium.org ``` Hi, I was wondering why the master branch was hardcoded to be updated in post_fetch_checkout() in git-svn. Why not allow to use another branch ? Mike ``` ## Eric Wong, 2007-08-16 08:03 Subject: Re: git-svn fetch updating master Message-ID: <20070816080349.GA16849@muzzle> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20070816080349.GA16849%40muzzle In-Reply-To: <20070815181228.GA6363@glandium.org> ``` Mike Hommey wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering why the master branch was hardcoded to be updated in > post_fetch_checkout() in git-svn. Why not allow to use another branch ? It shouldn't update master if it the branch already exists and is a valid ref. The default for git-clone is to create "master", too, so I wanted git-svn clone behavior to be the same. -- Eric Wong ``` ## Mike Hommey, 2007-08-16 08:27 Subject: Re: git-svn fetch updating master Message-ID: <20070816082706.GA29521@glandium.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20070816082706.GA29521%40glandium.org In-Reply-To: <20070816080349.GA16849@muzzle> ``` On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 01:03:49AM -0700, Eric Wong wrote: > Mike Hommey wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was wondering why the master branch was hardcoded to be updated in > > post_fetch_checkout() in git-svn. Why not allow to use another branch ? > > It shouldn't update master if it the branch already exists and is a > valid ref. > > The default for git-clone is to create "master", too, so I wanted > git-svn clone behavior to be the same. git-svn fetch is not only invoqued at cloning time... My problem is that I (purposely) removed the master branch, so git-svn fetch is creating it again every time I run to update the svn branch... Mike ``` ## Eric Wong, 2007-08-16 09:03 Subject: Re: git-svn fetch updating master Message-ID: <20070816090327.GC16849@muzzle> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20070816090327.GC16849%40muzzle In-Reply-To: <20070816082706.GA29521@glandium.org> ``` Mike Hommey wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 01:03:49AM -0700, Eric Wong wrote: > > Mike Hommey wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I was wondering why the master branch was hardcoded to be updated in > > > post_fetch_checkout() in git-svn. Why not allow to use another branch ? > > > > It shouldn't update master if it the branch already exists and is a > > valid ref. > > > > The default for git-clone is to create "master", too, so I wanted > > git-svn clone behavior to be the same. > > git-svn fetch is not only invoqued at cloning time... > > My problem is that I (purposely) removed the master branch, so git-svn fetch > is creating it again every time I run to update the svn branch... Ah. The old usage was: git-svn init && git-svn fetch; so it'll create a master branch each time. You can use --no-checkout with fetch to avoid this behavior. -- Eric Wong ```