On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 08:15:52AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> In other words, the fetch refspec could be without colon. With
>
> [remote "origin"]
> url = ...
> fetch = refs/heads/master
> [branch "master"]
> remote = origin
> merge = refs/heads/master
>
> you can still say "git pull" without any other argument while on your
> "master" and it will do the right thing. Actually, you do not even have
> to have remote.origin.fetch at all (branch.master.merge will be added to
> the set of refs to be fetched).
>
> In such a case "master@{upstream}" does not (and should not) resolve to
> anything, and the reason is not because it is not "fetched", but as Peff
> said, because it is not "stored".
Exactly. That was the distinction I was trying to make, but you
explained it much better.
-Peff
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