Re: Dropping '+' from fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*?

On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 09:00:55AM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote:

quoted

    It would be considerably nicer if the server had some way of saying
    "I expect this branch to be rewound". Which has been discussed off
    and on over the years, as I recall.

So, if such a feature were available, wouldn't it be nicer if the initial
clone set up the refspec like this:

  [remote "origin"]
        url = git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
        fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
        fetch = refs/heads/maint:refs/remotes/origin/maint
        fetch = refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master

i.e., the non-wildcard refspec are about which branches are *not* expected
to be rewound rather than the other way around.

I don't see the advantage one way or the other. Doesn't it just amount
to what the default will be? And isn't "not rewind" generally the more
common, and hence a better default?

Or are you saying that for backwards compatibility, it would be better
to end up with a refspec more like what we have now? That I can see the
advantage of.

-Peff