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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-fetch: Allow branch."branchname".remote=.
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:06:07 +0200
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:


> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:
>=20
>> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>>=20
>> > There is a subtle problem here. Up until now, "remote" meant a sho=
rt cut.=20
>> > You either had a file with that name in .git/remotes/ or .git/bran=
ches, or=20
>> > an entry in the config (remote.<name>.url).
>>=20
>> Not exactly. "git-pull . <branch>" and "git-peek-remote ." meant use
>> _current_ repository. "." as remote name means "current", i.e. local=
=20
>> repository.
>=20
> From Documentation/git-pull.txt:
>=20
>       SYNOPSIS
>       --------
>       'git-pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
>=20
> It says "repository", not "remote". As for the name "git-peek-remote"=
:=20
> yes, it is a short cut for "remote repository".
>=20
> The thing is, if you say you pull "from a remote", then it is not=20
> sufficient to specify just a URL of a repository. You also have to sp=
ecify=20
> a branch.

O.K. "remote" =3D "repository + set of branches". But we can say that "=
=2E"
is a default remote, which points to local repository (".") and has
no branches information.
--=20
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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