This new configuration variable defines the default remote to push to,
and overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches. It is useful
in the typical triangular-workflow setup, where the remote you're
fetching from is different from the remote you're pushing to.
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/config.txt | 13 ++++++++++---
remote.c | 7 +++++++
t/t5516-fetch-push.sh | 12 ++++++++++++
3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index f79184c..9c6fd4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -727,9 +727,12 @@ branch.autosetuprebase::
This option defaults to never.
branch.<name>.remote::
- When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push' which
- remote to fetch from/push to. It defaults to `origin` if no remote is
- configured. `origin` is also used if you are not on any branch.
+ 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 overridden 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.
branch.<name>.merge::
Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
@@ -1898,6 +1901,10 @@ receive.updateserverinfo::
If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
+remote.pushdefault::
+ The remote to push to by default. Overrides
+ `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches.
+
remote.<name>.url::
The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
linkgit:git-push[1].
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 2b06e22..6337e11 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -389,9 +389,16 @@ static int handle_config(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
add_instead_of(rewrite, xstrdup(value));
}
}
+
if (prefixcmp(key, "remote."))
return 0;
name = key + 7;
+
+ /* Handle remote.* variables */
+ if (!strcmp(name, "pushdefault"))
+ return git_config_string(&pushremote_name, key, value);
+
+ /* Handle remote.<name>.* variables */
if (*name == '/') {
warning("Config remote shorthand cannot begin with '/': %s",
name);
diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index b800a8e..797b537 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -497,6 +497,18 @@ test_expect_success 'push with config remote.*.push = HEAD' '
check_push_result testrepo $the_first_commit heads/local
'
+test_expect_success 'push with remote.pushdefault' '
+ mk_test up_repo heads/master &&
+ mk_test down_repo heads/master &&
+ test_config remote.up.url up_repo &&
+ test_config remote.down.url down_repo &&
+ test_config branch.master.remote up &&
+ test_config remote.pushdefault down &&
+ git push &&
+ check_push_result up_repo $the_first_commit heads/master &&
+ check_push_result down_repo $the_commit heads/master
+'
+
test_expect_success 'push with config remote.*.pushurl' '
mk_test testrepo heads/master &&
--
1.8.2.363.g901f5bc
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