--- Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > --- Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> 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. > > > > Remote > > ------ > > > > Please help me understand. Here is a sample remote from > > an actual repo (actual names changed): > > > > [remote "origin"] > > url = http://blah/bleah.git > > fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* > > > > This basically says: "Get it" from such and such url, where > > on the repo at that url, i.e. the remote side, you will > > find stuff in "refs/heads/", and when you get it here, locally, > > put it in refs/remotes/origin/. > > [remote "origin"] > url = http://blah/blah.git > fetch = refs/heads/master > > is also fine. The point is that you do not have to use tracking > branches. ", and when you get it here, ..." part is optional. Ok. So then in this case "fetch = refs/heads/master" describes .git/refs/heads/master or something else? If it does, then this is a local map. I guess this is the case where one wants to automate "git-pull . OtherBranch", but shouldn't this be handled by [branch], i.e. the "merge" part of [branch]. > > Branch > > ------ > > > > Here is an actual example: > > > > [branch "branchA"] > > remote = origin > > merge = refs/heads/branchA > > > > Yeah, but by default "refs/heads/branchA" doesn't exist (see > > my previous email). It doesn't have to, since it specifies > > the "remote part", but that has already been handled by > > "[remote]". > > Obviously fetch needs to handle the remote part because that is > the only name it exists at the remote. branch.*.merge is used > by pull, not fetch, and fetch communicates with pull by using > the remote name, because use of local tracking branches is > optional. Does this mean that "fetch = <remote>:" is legal? Shouldn't the RHS always exist? Is the RHS of "fetch = :" what you mean by local tracking branches? Luben - 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