On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Subject: Documentation/git-remote.txt: stress that set-url is not for triangular > > It seems to be a common mistake to try using a single remote > (e.g. 'origin') to fetch from one place (i.e. upstream) while > pushing to another (i.e. your publishing point). That will never > work satisfactory. Think about what refs/remotes/origin/* would s/satisfactory/satisfactorily/ > mean in such a world---it fundamentally cannot reflect the reality. > If it follows the state of your upstream, it cannot match what you > have published, and vice versa. > > Some low-quality websites may be spreading misinformation. Let's > counter them by adding a few words to our documentation. > > - The description was referring to <oldurl> and <newurl>, but never > mentioned <name> argument you give from the command line. By > mentioning "remote <name>", stress the fact that it is configuring > a single remote. > > - Add a reminder that explicitly states that this is about a single > remote, which the triangular workflow is not about. > > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > --- -- 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