Re: git push <branch-name>

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Hi,

On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 03:28:56PM -0700, Eric Raible wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Daniel Johnson <computerdruid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Isn't that syntax reserved for remotes?
> > for example:
> >
> > git push origin
> >
> > I feel like it would be a bad idea to have these 2 types of invocations
> > overlap in syntax like that.
> 
> The idea is that given "git push <branch>" if <branch> is NOT a remote but
> IS a branch name then git could unambiguously provide the correct remote.
> 
> Naturally if there's a branch and a remote of the same name then for backwards
> compatibility the remote would be chosen.

Please don't do that. Imho, this introduces too much magic in the
behavior of git-pull, making it less intuitive to understand and, thus
error-prone.

Cheers,
Sebastian

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