Hi, On Fri, 13 Oct 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote: > 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. >From Documentation/git-pull.txt: SYNOPSIS -------- 'git-pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>... It says "repository", not "remote". As for the name "git-peek-remote": yes, it is a short cut for "remote repository". The thing is, if you say you pull "from a remote", then it is not sufficient to specify just a URL of a repository. You also have to specify a branch. For git-peek-remote and git-ls-remote, you only need a URL. If you mix the usage, people get as confused as with the terms "pull", "update" and "merge". Ciao, Dscho - 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