Re: [PATCH v3 05/10] remote-hg: fix new branch creation

On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

Felipe Contreras [off-list ref] writes:

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Felipe Contreras wrote:

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When force_push is disabled, we need to turn the argument to True.

With your follow-up clarification, here is what ended up in the log
message:

    remote-hg: fix new branch creation

    When a user creates a new branch with git:

      $ git checkout -b branches/devel

    and then pushes this branch

      $ git push origin branches/devel

    which is the way to push new mercurial branches,

I don't like this part. This is not documentation, this is a commit
message. You don't explain how git works in every commit message. It's
not relevant how to create Mercurial branches, it could be done
through a totally different way and it wouldn't affect this patch. The
only thing that is relevant is that a new Mercurial branch is created
somehow.

But since you never, *ever*, agree that a piece of information in the
commit message is not useful, I realize this is wasted breath.

    we do want to
    create a branch, but the command would fail without newbranch=True.

    This only matters when force_push=False, but setting newbranch=True
    unconditionally does not hurt.

The only part that I came up with on my own is "but ... does not
hurt" at the end.  If that is incorrect, please supply an update.

It's correct.

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Felipe Contreras