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From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
To: peff@peff.net
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitgitgadget@gmail.com, gitster@pobox.com,
	haraldnordgren@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remote: add --set-head option to 'git remote add'
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:21:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260426082106.11266-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260425220629.GA28590@coredump.intra.peff.net>

> It already does, doesn't it? Doing:
> 
>   $ git init
>   $ git remote add --fetch origin /path/to/some/repo
>   $ git for-each-ref
> 
> shows an origin/HEAD link.
> 
> Which I think is not too surprising, as it is just calling "git fetch"
> under the hood.

I think you are right! So maybe all of this new code is not needed at all.


Harald

  reply	other threads:[~2026-04-26  8:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-25 11:19 [PATCH] remote: add --set-head option to 'git remote add' Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-04-25 17:20 ` Ben Knoble
2026-04-25 18:07   ` gh Harald Nordgren
2026-04-25 21:58 ` [PATCH] remote: add --set-head option to 'git remote add' Junio C Hamano
2026-04-25 22:06   ` Jeff King
2026-04-26  8:21     ` Harald Nordgren [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-04-26  7:07 Wrong subject line Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-04-26 15:15 ` [PATCH] remote: add --set-head option to 'git remote add' Harald Nordgren

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