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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/4] Teach the --multiple option to 'git fetch'
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:08:24 -0500
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On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 07:59:46PM -0500, Jay Soffian wrote:

> 2009/11/8 Bj=C3=B6rn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@gmail.com>:
> > Add the --multiple option to specify that all arguments are either
> > groups or remotes. The primary reason for adding this option is
> > to allow us to re-implement 'git remote update' using fetch.
>=20
> Can't this be determined automagically by inspecting the arguments? I
> believe there can be two unambiguous usages:
> [...]
> "The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus +, followed
> by the source ref <src>, followed by a colon :, followed by the
> destination ref <dst>."

Isn't the colon optional, indicating that the ref should be fetched int=
o
=46ETCH_HEAD? I.e.,

  $ git fetch origin pu
  From git://git2.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git
   * branch            pu         -> FETCH_HEAD

?

-Peff