On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 06:17:13AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Pushing 'current' from a branch 'topic' forked from either 'master'
> or 'origin/master' will create a new branch 'topic' at the central
> repository. But that is straightforward and understandable. The user
> will see what happened in the feedback from the command, and there
> is no need for the user to be experienced enough to know the mapping
> of @{upstream} to understand why it happened. "I am on 'topic' and
> I pushed, I created 'topic' there". Very simple explanation exists.
> [...]
> That makes me suspect that 'current' might be a more appropriate
> default between the two. From that simple default, those in the
> "shared central repository" world can graduate to 'upstream' once
> they know what an 'upstream' is and how to take advantage of
> per-branch configuration. Similarly, those in the "publish to be
> pulled" world would graduate to 'matching'.
Thanks for this explanation. When writing my last email, I had a gut
feeling about how "current" was a simpler choice, but I didn't quite
find the words to explain it. This paragraph (and the rest of the email)
covers what I was trying to say.
-Peff
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