Re: Allowing override of the default "origin" nickname

On Jan 11, 2008 10:25 AM, Jakub Narebski [off-list ref] wrote:

Mark, if this change is mainly about the fact that git doesn't allow
to specify default remote to fetch for detached HEAD (and submodules
use detached HEAD), why not provide "branch.HEAD.remote" etc., which
would be used _only_ if we are on detached HEAD (i.e. branch has no
name).

Practically speaking, this would just change the name of the config
variable (from remotes.default to branch.HEAD.remote). However, this
value is used *whenever* the current branch does not have
corresponding branch.<name>.remote, and that is not restricted to
detached heads, it applies anytime the current HEAD is not a tracking
branch. So, I believe remotes.default better reflects this generality
than does branch.HEAD.remote.

Mark