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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-fetch: Allow branch."branchname".remote=.
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:39:47 +0200
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> There is a subtle problem here. Up until now, "remote" meant a short cut. 
> You either had a file with that name in .git/remotes/ or .git/branches, or 
> an entry in the config (remote.<name>.url).

Not exactly. "git-pull . <branch>" and "git-peek-remote ." meant use
_current_ repository. "." as remote name means "current", i.e. local 
repository.
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Jakub Narebski
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