Over in #git we ran into a user wondering why a particular remote said
something about "master pushes to master" when the local branch mapped
to that remote was not named master.
Not having inspected the code, it certainly appears as if the "Local
branch configured" and "Local ref configured" information is only
accidentally correct, but since the normal configuration is the case
in which it is accurate, no-one noticed the problem.
In the test case below, in the "bar" case we are missing the "Local
ref configured for 'git push'" section entirely. Strange since git push
does indeed work.
In the "baz" case we see the message and master does push to master.
In the "biff" case we see the confluence of the two previous cases.
The "foo" remote/subcase shows what we might expect, but the "baz"
remote/subcase shows the 'Local ref configured' information is a lie.
Finally, the "bar" remote/subcase shows that even the "Local branch
configured" information is somehow magic based on the remote branch
being named master.
This test was done using git 1.7.3.1
Test case prep
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mkdir foo; cd foo; git init; echo A>A; git add A; git commit -m A;
git checkout -b other; echo B>B; git add B; git commit -m B;
git checkout master
mkdir ../bar; cd ../bar; git init; git remote add foo ../foo;
git fetch foo; git checkout --track -b foo_master foo/other
mkdir ../baz; cd ../baz; git init; git remote add foo ../foo;
git fetch foo; git checkout --track -b master foo/master
mkdir ../biff; cd ../biff; git init; git remote add foo ../foo;
git fetch foo; git checkout --track -b master foo/master;
git remote add baz ../baz; git fetch baz;
git checkout --track -b baz_master baz/master
git remote add bar ../bar; git fetch bar;
git checkout --track -b bar_master bar/master
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cd ../bar; git remote show foo
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* remote foo
Fetch URL: ../foo
Push URL: ../foo
HEAD branch: master
Remote branches:
master tracked
other tracked
Local branch configured for 'git pull':
foo_master merges with remote other
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cd ../baz; git remote show foo
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* remote foo
Fetch URL: ../foo
Push URL: ../foo
HEAD branch: master
Remote branches:
master tracked
other tracked
Local branch configured for 'git pull':
master merges with remote master
Local ref configured for 'git push':
master pushes to master (up to date)
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cd ../biff; git remote show foo; git remote show baz; git remote show bar
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* remote foo
Fetch URL: ../foo
Push URL: ../foo
HEAD branch: master
Remote branches:
master tracked
other tracked
Local branch configured for 'git pull':
master merges with remote master
Local ref configured for 'git push':
master pushes to master (up to date)
* remote baz
Fetch URL: ../baz
Push URL: ../baz
HEAD branch: master
Remote branch:
master tracked
Local branch configured for 'git pull':
baz_master merges with remote master
Local ref configured for 'git push':
master pushes to master (up to date)
* remote bar
Fetch URL: ../bar
Push URL: ../bar
HEAD branch: foo_master
Remote branch:
foo_master tracked
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-Seth Robertson
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