Hello Johannes, On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 4:37 AM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > [...] > There is one bit left to clarify: let me guess, you have a $HOME/.gitconfig > like this: > > [url "anastas@xxxxxxxxxxx"] > insteadOf = backup > pushInsteadOf = backup > > and then you want to add the "backup" remote in a Git working directory > like this: > > git remote add backup me@my-laptop.local > > but my suggested fix will still disallow this because the URL does not > match the url.anastas@xxxxxxxxxxx.insteadOf? > > Ciao, > Johannes Precisely that. In fact, it will not work even if you do any of these: git remote add backup anastas@xxxxxxxxxxx git remote add backup anything@xxxxxxxxxxx git remote add backup backup The original / current code and your suggested fix - both exhibit similar behaviour with the use cases I've described above. Thanks, Anastas -- 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