Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >My knee-jerk reaction is to avoid "--heads" and instead use >"--branches", if this is about pushing all local branches. The >option "--heads" may still remain in some commands added to the >system in the earliest part of our history, but soon we started >to use "branch" over "head", as it is a more commonly used word. > >How should it interact with --follow-tags? Just as if you listed >all local branch names on the command line? I.e. is > > git push $URL --heads > >equivalent to the long-hand > > git push $URL $(git for-each-ref --format='%(refname)' refs/heads/\*) > >and because of that, does > > git push $URL --any --other --option --heads > >behave identically to the long-hand with these other options added? ZheNing Hu mentioned me that could use "OPT_ALIAS" instead, it seems like could be better than OPT_BIT in this scenario. If so, are problems that may arise from interactions shielded? If not, I'm willing to add extra test about it (some relevant advice if possible). Thanks.
