From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: Geoff Russell <geoffrey.russell@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>,
Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Subject: Re: git pull (Re: need advice on usage patterns)
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:17:52 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100726141752.GA1745@burratino> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikPHARaosHLwaKUqL12va4F7O3WMp1I4LIpu7Mp@mail.gmail.com>
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 03:36, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> -'git pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
>> +'git pull' <options> <repository> <branch>...
>
> Wasn't it "refspec" because git-pull can take args like
> "refs/remotes/origin/*:refs/heads/*", not just branch names?
Yes, by abuse of language that might be called the noble lie (or
something; notice later where it says "<branch> can be an arbitrary
refspec). Better ways to achieve the same effect would be welcome.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-07-26 14:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-26 0:34 need advice on usage patterns Geoff Russell
2010-07-26 3:36 ` git pull (Re: need advice on usage patterns) Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-26 7:16 ` Thomas Rast
2010-07-26 20:06 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-27 9:13 ` Thomas Rast
2010-07-26 10:26 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-26 10:37 ` Geoff Russell
2010-07-26 14:17 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
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