Re: [PATCH 1/3] fetch: add --allow-local option

Felipe Contreras wrote:

So that it becomes possible to override the behavior when the remote
tracked is '.'; if it is, we default back to 'origin'.

What is the problem you're trying to solve?  Why do you have
branch.<name>.remote set to '.' in the first place, if you meant
origin?  'git fetch .' currently just updates FETCH_HEAD; while I'm
not sure how that is useful, I still don't understand _why_ you want
to change that behavior.