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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] remote: add new --fetch option for set-url
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:00:21 -0800
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Peter Wu <peter@lekensteyn.nl> writes:

> On Wednesday 19 November 2014 12:29:47 Junio C Hamano wrote:
> ...
>> Yes, the semantics the updated code gives feel very strange.  I
>> wouldn't be able to write a three-line summary in the release notes
>> to advertise what good this new feature brings to users myself.
>
> What about:
>
>     "git remote set-url" learned a new "--fetch" option which can be
>     used to change the fetch URL while leaving the push URL intact.
>     Useful to keep a ssh URL for push and change the fetch URL to https.
>
> which is effectively the functionality I am using it for.

I do not think that clarifies the confusion-factor Peff has been
pointing out in this thread, unfortunately.  At least not to me.