Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 2/3] config doc: update dot-repository notes

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:28:48 -0700

Philip Oakley <[email-masked]> writes:

> branch.<name>.remote can be set to '.' (period) as the repository
> path (URL) as part of the remote name dwimmery. Tell the reader.
>
> Such relative paths are not 'special'. Correct the branch.<name>.merge
> note.

Looks good.

It naturally follows that this is also valid:

	[branch "master"]
        	merge = refs/heads/master
	        remote = git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git

and running "git pull" while on your 'master'.

This is because branch.<name>.remote usually is spelled with a
nickname that refers to the [remote <nickname>] section, but it does
not have to be; it can use a URL to refer to the remote repository.

>
> Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  Documentation/config.txt | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
> index 599ca52..da63043 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/config.txt
> @@ -718,6 +718,8 @@ branch.<name>.remote::
>  	overridden by `branch.<name>.pushremote`.  If no remote is
>  	configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
>  	`origin` for fetching and `remote.pushdefault` for pushing.
> +	Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository
> +	(a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below.
>  
>  branch.<name>.pushremote::
>  	When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for
> @@ -743,8 +745,8 @@ branch.<name>.merge::
>  	Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
>  	If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
>  	another branch in the local repository, you can point
> -	branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
> -	`.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
> +	branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path
> +	setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
>  
>  branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
>  	Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and