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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: git fetch workflow improvements
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 13:22:34 +0000 (GMT)
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To: Reece Dunn <msclrhd@googlemail.com>
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Hi,

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Reece Dunn wrote:
> 
> >     1.  When running `git fetch` on a bare repository that does not 
> > have a remote called 'origin', fetch fails. I would like this to pick 
> > up the first remote entry in the config file.
> 
> I am opposed to that.  If you want a default remote, then set the remote 
> "origin".  That is well established semantics, and you would only 
> confuse yourself if all of a sudden you fetched from a remote that you 
> erroneously added at some stage.

Oh and I completely forgot: if you have a bare repository, chances are 
that it should fetch in mirror mode.  You'd probably DWIM that, too, which 
would make semantics even worse.

Ciao,
Dscho