Subject: Re: [PATCH] pull: refuse complete src:dst fetchspec arguments

From: Thomas Rast <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:05:27 +0200

Björn Steinbrink wrote:
> One (maybe important) difference there is that the "pull" gets you:
> 
>     Merge branch 'pu' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git
> 
> Even with "master:tmp". But with fetch+merge (storing in refs/remotes):
> 
>     Merge remote branch 'tmp'

What if any combination of fetch and merge always gave you the long
form?  After all, even if you do have a tracking branch for whatever
you are merging, that information is probably useless and it would be
nicer if all of the following resulted in the long form:

* git fetch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git pu
  git merge FETCH_HEAD

* git remote add origin git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git
  git fetch origin
  git merge origin/pu

* git fetch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git pu:tmp
  git merge tmp

and so on.

-- 
Thomas Rast
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