On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> The remote command is about updating things under .git/refs/remotes, >> not about updating a remote server. For updating a remote server, >> there is really only push. Clear as mud? > > We still support (and unfortunately we would probably end up supporting > for a long time) "remote update" so it is not strictly true, but that is > the original motivation behind "git remote" subcommand. But "remote update" updates the local repo from the remote, it doesn't do anything to the remote itself. That is the point I was trying to make clear -- "git remote" doesn't ever do anything to the remote repo, it only updates things on the local repo. >> Understood. I'm not sure whether the send-pack/receive-pack protocol >> supports the notion of "I want to change what HEAD points to." > > It does not support it, but that is not because there is a strong reason > it shouldn't. Okay. I'm sure deciding where to place the command "I want to update what HEAD on remote points to" would be a fun discussion. :-) j. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html