Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > --- Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > Questions: >> > >> > What is the reasonining of defining branch.<name>.merge to point >> > to the "remote's setup"? >> >> See list archives. >> >> Because you are not required to use remote tracking branches. > > Then why does it point to the _remote_ mapping? One shouldn't Because [remote] is NOT about mapping. It asks the fetch mechanism to fetch from that remote, so the primary thing you should look at is .url, not RHS of colon on .fetch lines. Use of tracking branches is strictly optional. - 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