Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] Undocument deprecated alias 'push.default=tracking'

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:04:34 -0800

Junio C Hamano wrote:

>                                                      For those who
> want to _learn_ what possibilities are available to them (i.e. they
> are not going from `tracking` to what it means, but going in the
> opposite direction), it should be unmistakingly clear that
> `tracking` is not a part of the choices they should make.

Until pre-1.7.4 versions of git fall out of use, I don't agree that
the above is true. :(

>                                                            I do not
> think the following list created by a simple "revert" makes it clear.
>
>     * `nothing` - do not push anything.
>     * `matching` - push all branches having the same name in both ends.
>     * `upstream` - push the current branch to ...
>     * `simple` - like `upstream`, but refuses to ...
>     * `tracking` - deprecated synonym for `upstream`.
>     * `current` - push the current branch to a branch of the same name.

How about the following?

    * `nothing` - ...
    * `matching` - ...
    * `upstream` - ...
    * `simple` - ...
    * `current` - ...

  For compatibility with ancient config files, the following synonym
  is also supported.  Don't use it.

    * `tracking` - old name for `upstream`