Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > The story would be different if your request were > > git fetch refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* > > in which case, you are not even saying "I want this and that ref"; > you are saying "all refs in refs/heads/* whoever ends up serving me > happens to have". You may initially contact one of my friends and > learn that there are 'master' and 'bo' branches (and probably > others), and after conversation end up talking with me who is stale > and lack 'bo'. In such a case, I agree that it is not sensible for > me to fail the request as a whole and instead serve you whatever s/whole and instead/whole. I should instead/; > branches I happen to have. I may lack 'bo' branch due to mirroring > lag, but I may also have 'extra' branch that others no longer have > due to mirroring lag of deletion of that branch!
