Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Here's an attempt to an improved message. The first paragraph is here to >> make sure people understand their opinion counts (before they stop >> reading because it's too long). The rest explains the change and the way >> to get involved: > > Sounds OK from a cursory read, except for a few minor details. > > Thanks. Nitpicks follow. I'm taking them all. Here's the result: ---------- 8< ---------- 8< ----------- There is a proposal to change the default behaviour of 'git push' on the Git mailing list. The goal of this message is to encourage you to discuss it before it happens (or the change is aborted, depending on the outcome of the discussion). In the current setting (i.e. push.default=matching), 'git push' without argument will push all branches that exist locally and remotely with the same name. This is usually appropriate when a developer pushes to his own public repository, but may be confusing if not dangerous when using a shared repository. The proposal is to change the default to 'upstream', i.e. push only the current branch, and push it to the branch 'git pull' would pull from. Another candidate is 'current'; this pushes only the current branch to the remote branch of the same name. For more details on the behavior of Git with these values, read the documentation about 'push.default' in 'man git-config' (http://schacon.github.com/git/git-config.html). You may be negatively affected when such a change happens if you do not see anything in the output from 'git config push.default' and if you rely on the default that pushes all your matching branches. On the other hand, you may want to see the default behaviour to change, especially if you are using shared repositories. In either case, please join the discussion to give us more data point and help us decide the future of Git. What has been discussed so far can be seen in this thread: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/192547/focus=192694 Previous relevant discussions include: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/123350/focus=123541 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/166743 To join the discussion, send your messages to: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The list accepts messages from non-subscribers, and you do not have to ask "please Cc me, I am not subscribed", as it's customary to Cc: posters when replying on this list. -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/ -- 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