On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Philip Oakley <philipoakley@xxxxxxx> wrote: > From: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 7:30 PM > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] fetch: add --allow-local option > > [...] > > >> So when "the user" is running "git fetch" on "mywork" branch that >> happens to be forked from a local "master", i.e. her configuration >> is set as >> >> [branch "mywork"] >> remote = . >> merge = refs/heads/master >> > > Was the '.' example illustrative rather than exact. I see no case of using > '.' in my configs. Or am I completely missing the point? (e.g. that the use > of '.' an example of possible future usage)? % git checkout -t -b feature master # work % git rebase -i -- Felipe Contreras -- 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