> Hmm. I think your use of 'mytopic' is very good for the purpose > of illustration. It makes clear which configuration takes name > from what. So I like your first paragraph. However, one reason > people like the separate remote layout is that it allows you to > name your own branch identically with that of the other side, so > in that sense, the description in your second paragraph matches > the real-life usage better. What I am getting at is that (1) > these two paragraphs are inconsistent, (2) there is a reason to > prefer the description in the first paragraph, and (3) there is > another reason to prefer the description in the second one. Ok, I'll prefer using "mytopic" anywhere. > As Johannes already pointed this out, I think allowing this to > be controlled per remote is nice but overkill. A single boolean > configuration, say "branch.autosetupmerge", would suffice. In this case, patch 2/3 should also be withdrawn, right? Paolo - 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