On 11/11/07, Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@xxxxxx> wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2007, at 7:02 PM, Jon Smirl wrote: > > > Is the remote config not correct? > > This is the configuration for remote "dreamhost". In your > previous mail you also mentioned a remote "linus". But > this seems to be unrelated to your question. > > > > [remote "dreamhost"] > > url = ssh://jonsmirl1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/~/mpc5200b.git > > fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/dreamhost/* > > correct. This fetches the branches from the remote and stores > them locally as remote tracking branches "dreamhost/<branch>". > > > push = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/linus/* > > This "renames" your branches when you push. Your local branches > get pushed to "dreamhost" and are stored there as remote branches > "linus/<branch>". From your previous mail I assume you like to store > them as normal branches. You'd need to say I did this part incorrectly. I was trying to push my local definition of the linus remote to the dreamhost repo so that when someone clones dreamhost linus would be defined in their repo. jonsmirl@terra:~/mpc5200b$ git remote show linus * remote linus URL: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git How do I push the definition of the linus remote repo? > > push = +refs/heads/*:refs/heads/* > > But most likely you don't want to force here, that is drop '+'. > And you don't need to explicitly say that you want to store a branch > under the same name. So, probably you want > > push = refs/heads/* > > But maybe you could even drop the push line completely. Then, only > existing branches would be pushed and if you want to create a new > remote branch on "dreamhost" you'd need to explicitly tell git with > > git push dreamhost <new-branch> > > Does this help? > > Steffen > -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@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