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 -- Sebastian "tokkee" Harl +++ GnuPG-ID: 0x8501C7FC +++ http://tokkee.org/ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin
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