Re: [PATCH] Use new .git/config for storing "origin" shortcut repository

Andy Parkins [off-list ref] wrote:

If .git/remotes/ is now deprecated, then git-clone shouldn't use it.
This patch adds the analogous definitions to .git/config using
git-repo-config calls.

For example what was previously .git/remotes/origin
  URL: proto://host/path
  Pull: refs/heads/master:refs/heads/origin
Is now added to .git/config as
  [remote "origin"]
  url = proto://host/path
  fetch = refs/heads/master:refs/heads/origin

Signed-off-by: Andy Parkins <redacted>
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I'm not sure if I'm correct in thinking that .git/remotes is deprecated.  If it is,
this patch makes git-clone use .git/config instead.

Personally I like it, I think there should be as small a number of places for 
configuring the repository as possible.

I agree.  There's all sorts of advantages to setting up remotes by
the config file.  Its also easier to load and work with in git-gui.
:-)

I've switched to the config file syntax completely, and a few folks
I work with have done the same, citing that it is easier to have
everything in one file.

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