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From: Theodore Tso <tytso@thunk.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] git-fetch: mega-terse fetch output
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:58:11 -0400
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On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 05:40:48PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> No.  "next" is the name of the _remote_ branch that is stored locally in 
> spearce/next.  So the arrow is correct.

Ah; yes, you're right.  I can see this being very confusing to the
newbie, though.  Enough so that in beginner mode we might want it to
say:

   895be02..2fe5433   (remote) next -> (local) spearce/next

... especially since the git pull might follow up the pull with a
merge from the local remotes/spearce/next to the local next branch.
So it would be a good idea that it is clear when we are referring to a
local or a remote branch.

   		      	       	       	       - Ted