Re: Not pushing all branches?

[John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com>]

2009/3/13 Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 13 Mar 2009, John Tapsell wrote:
>
>> 2009/3/13 Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>:
>>
>> > Doing "git push remote" pushes all my local branches by default. Is
>> > there a way to set it to *not* do that, and (for this particular
>> > remote repository) just push the current branch?
>>
>> > Or failing that, not allow me to run "git push" without specifying a
>> > branch?
>>
>> I've been pushing for this behaviour, and there was a patch a few days
>> ago to do this.  I'm not sure if it is/will be committed.
>
> As Junio is a careful maintainer, he will not change anything radical
> which would piss of a lot of people _without_ a proper, long-term plan
> that gives users a chance.
>
> I know, I once tried to push for something like that, and I am glad that
> Junio is too wise as to make Git unstable for existing users.

Understandable.  There were 6 patches, only the last one changes the
default.  Hopefully the first 5 will be applied and the 6 will
debated, then grudgingly applied :-)

John