Re: [RFC/PATCH 3/3] push: add separate 'downstream' branch

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

Felipe Contreras [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

It doesn't make sense to push to the upstream branch, so create new
configurations for the notion of 'downstream' branch, which is basically
the branch to push to by default.

It doesn't?  That depends.

To people coming from (and people who are still using) central
shared repository workflow, pushing to anywhere other than the
upstream makes no sense.

If qualified with something like "When using a triangular workflow
to pull from one place and push to another place" in front, I can
see why having a separate upstream and downstream makes sense, and...

quoted

The upstream branch is remote+merge, the downstream branch is
pushremote+push.

... this is a perfect explanation of what a downsream is.

After thinking about it, I do not think downstream is a good word to
describe where you push to at all.

I'll have more on this topic but the above is the short of it for
now.