From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E16AF2022A for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2016 13:56:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753293AbcKGN4A (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2016 08:56:00 -0500 Received: from slow1-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.178.86]:50096 "EHLO slow1-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932214AbcKGNz6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2016 08:55:58 -0500 Received: from relay2-d.mail.gandi.net (relay2-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.194]) by slow1-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ABD147F336 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2016 14:49:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from mfilter5-d.gandi.net (mfilter5-d.gandi.net [217.70.178.132]) by relay2-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9B98C5A56 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2016 14:49:42 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mfilter5-d.gandi.net Received: from relay2-d.mail.gandi.net ([IPv6:::ffff:217.70.183.194]) by mfilter5-d.gandi.net (mfilter5-d.gandi.net [::ffff:10.0.15.180]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wScu3VMjCV2v for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2016 14:49:41 +0100 (CET) X-Originating-IP: 82.21.67.43 Received: from localhost.localdomain (cpc104452-irvi2-2-0-cust42.14-1.cable.virginm.net [82.21.67.43]) (Authenticated sender: web@dhardy.name) by relay2-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3AA80C5A99 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2016 14:49:41 +0100 (CET) From: Diggory Hardy To: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: git push remote syntax Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 13:49:40 +0000 Message-ID: <1613741.x6i0st30av@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: KMail/5.3.2 (Linux/4.8.4-200.fc24.x86_64; KDE/5.27.0; x86_64; ; ) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Dear all, One thing I find a little frustrating about git is that the syntax needed differs by command. I wish the 'remote/branch' syntax was more universal: > git pull myremote/somebranch complains about the syntax; IMO it should either pull from that branch (and merge if necessary) or complain instead that pulling from a different branch is not supported (and suggest using merge). > git push myremote/somebranch should push there, i.e. be equivalent to > git push myremote HEAD:somebranch These are just some comments about how I think git could be made easier to use. Apologies if the suggestions have already been discussed before. Regards, D Hardy