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

On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Philip Oakley [off-list ref] wrote:

From: "Junio C Hamano" <redacted>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] fetch: add --allow-local option

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So when "the user" is running "git fetch" on "mywork" branch that
happens to be forked from a local "master", i.e. her configuration
is set as

[branch "mywork"]
       remote = .
               merge = refs/heads/master

Was the '.' example illustrative rather than exact. I see no case of using
'.' in my configs. Or am I completely missing the point? (e.g. that the use
of '.' an example of possible future usage)?

% git checkout -t -b feature master
# work
% git rebase -i

-- 
Felipe Contreras