From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Stephen R. van den Berg" Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] make "git push" update origin and mirrors, "git push --mirror" update mirrors Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:08:10 +0200 Message-ID: <20080428060810.GA11858@cuci.nl> References: <4812DA50.3000702@gnu.org> <20080426170126.GC29771@spearce.org> <7vzlrgmrvb.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20080427043014.GI29771@spearce.org> <20080427044049.GJ29771@spearce.org> <7vabjflvlh.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20080427173446.GM29771@spearce.org> <7vy76zf449.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20080428033237.GN29771@spearce.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Apr 28 08:09:09 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JqMXw-0000iy-7n for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:09:04 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751510AbYD1GIQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:08:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751355AbYD1GIQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:08:16 -0400 Received: from aristoteles.cuci.nl ([212.125.128.18]:33506 "EHLO aristoteles.cuci.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751177AbYD1GIP (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:08:15 -0400 Received: by aristoteles.cuci.nl (Postfix, from userid 500) id 0536C545E; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:08:10 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080428033237.GN29771@spearce.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Shawn O. Pearce wrote: >It also clearly harms people who have only origin and want to grab >updates from there with just `git fetch` or `git pull`. Such a >change would be asking these users to enter a longer command line. Maybe this can be accomodated by having git fetch/git pull reference all targets specified in the config file if none are specified on the command line? >On the other hand, I think it would teach those users how to better >make use of git, and may cause less questions when they have to >step slightly outside of their normal use case and specify a refspec. I've been using git since november, and I found the magic "origin" default one of the most confusing aspects (to figure out when it applies and when not, and why (or why not)). -- Sincerely, srb@cuci.nl Stephen R. van den Berg.