Re: [PATCH 0 of 7] [resend] - Improve handling remotes, origin, submodules

On Feb 4, 2008 9:48 AM, Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] wrote:

Hi,


Should something like core.origin still be an issue (which I doubt, for
the same reason you do not change the _name_ of the environment variable
$HOME), we can still continue discussing that.

Hth,
Dscho

BIG difference here:
$HOME = <name> of home directory, <name> is arbitrary. Files there are
found as $HOME/<foo> or <name>/foo, they are the same, and I am free
to set HOME=<arbitrary name>.

Currently
$ORIGIN=origin, i.e., the default is *named* origin, not the default
name is given by $ORIGIN.

Why does this matter? git stores the remote's branches under
refs/remotes/<name>/*. If name=$ORIGIN, I am happy, but the problem is
$ORIGIN=origin, and you argue (strongly) that it MUST be origin. Thus,
branches from server "frotz" *might* be in refs/remotes/frotz/*, or
they *might* be in refs/remotes/origin/*, and that is the root of the
problem.

By the same argument, you have hardcoded in your shell that $HOME=/home, right?

Mark