From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
To: peff@peff.net
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitgitgadget@gmail.com, gitster@pobox.com,
haraldnordgren@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remote: add --set-head option to 'git remote add'
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:21:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260426082106.11266-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260425220629.GA28590@coredump.intra.peff.net>
> It already does, doesn't it? Doing:
>
> $ git init
> $ git remote add --fetch origin /path/to/some/repo
> $ git for-each-ref
>
> shows an origin/HEAD link.
>
> Which I think is not too surprising, as it is just calling "git fetch"
> under the hood.
I think you are right! So maybe all of this new code is not needed at all.
Harald
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-26 8:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-25 11:19 [PATCH] remote: add --set-head option to 'git remote add' Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-04-25 17:20 ` Ben Knoble
2026-04-25 18:07 ` gh Harald Nordgren
2026-04-25 21:58 ` [PATCH] remote: add --set-head option to 'git remote add' Junio C Hamano
2026-04-25 22:06 ` Jeff King
2026-04-26 8:21 ` Harald Nordgren [this message]
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2026-04-26 7:07 Wrong subject line Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-04-26 15:15 ` [PATCH] remote: add --set-head option to 'git remote add' Harald Nordgren
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