Re: remote.<name>.merge missing from the git-config man page?

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On Mär 08 2021, Taylor Blau wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 09:14:33PM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> On Mär 08 2021, Taylor Blau wrote:
>>
>> > diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
>> > index ab103c82cf..a953c7c387 100644
>> > --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
>> > +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
>> > @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ EXAMPLES
>> >
>> >  `git push origin`::
>> >  	Without additional configuration, pushes the current branch to
>> > -	the configured upstream (`remote.origin.merge` configuration
>> > +	the configured upstream (`branch.<name>.merge` configuration
>> >  	variable) if it has the same name as the current branch, and
>> >  	errors out without pushing otherwise.
>>
>> That doesn't say what <name> is.  Is that supposed to be <branch>?
>> Also, what is "it" referring to in "if it has the same name"?
>
> <name> refers to the currently-checked-out branch's local name. (That's
> how it's used in Documentation/config/branch.txt).
>
> The antecedent is "the current branch", so I think that this one may
> already be quite clear if you read past the parenthesis.

That doesn't make sense: "if the current branch has the same name as the
current branch".

Andreas.

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