This new configuration variable overrides `remote.pushdefault` and
`branch.<name>.remote` for pushes. In a typical triangular-workflow
setup, you would want to set `remote.pushdefault` to specify the
remote to push to for all branches, and use this option to override it
for a specific branch.
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/config.txt | 18 ++++++++++++++----
remote.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 8ddd0fd..d0e36e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -726,9 +726,18 @@ branch.<name>.remote::
When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push'
which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to
may be overriden with `remote.pushdefault` (for all branches).
- If no remote is configured, or if you are not on any branch,
- it defaults to `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushdefault`
- for pushing.
+ The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further
+ overriden by `branch.<name>.pushremote`. If no remote is
+ configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
+ `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushdefault` for pushing.
+
+branch.<name>.pushremote::
+ When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote`
+ when pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushdefault` when
+ pushing from branch <name>. In a typical triangular-workflow
+ setup, you would want to set `remote.pushdefault` to specify
+ the remote to push to for all branches, and use this option to
+ override it for a specific branch.
branch.<name>.merge::
Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
@@ -1899,7 +1908,8 @@ receive.updateserverinfo::
remote.pushdefault::
The remote to push to by default. Overrides
- `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches.
+ `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overriden by
+ `branch.<name>.pushremote` for specific branches.
remote.<name>.url::
The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 987edc4..a4d3d22 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -366,6 +366,9 @@ static int handle_config(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
default_remote_name = branch->remote_name;
explicit_default_remote_name = 1;
}
+ } else if (!strcmp(subkey, ".pushremote")) {
+ if (branch == current_branch)
+ git_config_string(&pushremote_name, key, value);
} else if (!strcmp(subkey, ".merge")) {
if (!value)
return config_error_nonbool(key);
--
1.8.2
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