Re: [PATCH 0/3] request-pull: do something if $3 is passed

Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:

So basically I agree that git request-pull has changed behavior, but
the new behavior is *more* in line with other git commands, and the
old behavior was actually really really odd with that whole extensive
"guess what the user means". No other git command ever did that
guessing thing (ok, famous last words, maybe somebody can come up with
one), and not mentioning a branch/tag/commit explicitly pretty much
always means "HEAD".

OK.

There may be some stuff that DWIMs "HEAD" to something other than
the commit that is at the tip of HEAD, but I agree that the fewer we
have such oddballs, the better.

Thanks.