Re: [PATCH 5/8] push, send-pack: support pushing HEAD to real ref name

On Oct 28, 2007, at 4:40 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Steffen Prohaska [off-list ref] writes:

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On Oct 28, 2007, at 8:28 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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Steffen Prohaska [off-list ref] writes:

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This teaches "push <remote> HEAD" to resolve HEAD on the local
side to its real ref name, e.g. refs/heads/master, and then
use the real ref name on the remote side to search a matching
remote ref.

This probably is a good idea.

I'll add an even shorter shorthand: "git push HEAD" will push
the current branch to its default remote.

Ugh, that looks way too magicky.  The first parameter to push if
one ever exists has _always_ been the remote, and the above
breaks it.

Yes. It breaks setups that have a remote named HEAD.

Please don't.

I already did it -- it was too easy. But it's a separate patch.
So it can easily be skipped.

What would you propose for pushing only the current branch to
its default remote repository? All information is there. Only
a way to tell push to restrict push to the current branch
is missing. Would you prefer something like
"git push --only-current-branch"?

	Steffen