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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
	"Johannes Schindelin" <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>,
	"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>,
	"Thomas Gummerer" <t.gummerer@gmail.com>,
	"Eric Sunshine" <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.implicitRemote
Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 17:12:47 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqpo1knog0.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180524194704.936-1-avarab@gmail.com> ("Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason"'s message of "Thu, 24 May 2018 19:47:04 +0000")

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> +checkout.implicitRemote::
> +	When you run 'git checkout <something>' and only have one
> +	remote, it may implicitly fall back on checking out and
> +	tracking e.g. 'origin/<something>'.

Yup, that is quite implicit.  It works without configuring anything,
only as long as you have a single remote.  That is quite implicit.


> This stops working as soon
> +	as you have more than one remote with a '<something>'
> +	reference. This setting allows for setting the name of a
> +	preferred remote that should always win when it comes to
> +	disambiguation. The typical use-case is to set this to
> +	`origin`.

So this feature and configuration feels more like an explicit one,
to be used to affect how Git works when the implicit one does not
work well.  I would have called it checkout.defaultRemote, as it
would be a nonsense name to call it checkout.explicitRemote ;-).

> +Currently this is used by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when 'git checkout
> +<something>' will checkout the '<something>' branch on another remote,
> +and by linkgit:git-worktree[1] when 'git worktree add' refers to a
> +remote branch. This setting might be used for other checkout-like
> +commands or functionality in the future.

Hmph, that is an interesting direction.  You foresee that you'll
have a single repository with multiple remotes to grab and share
objects from different people working on the same project, and use
multiple worktrees to work on different branches, yet you are happy
to declare that each worktree is to work with one particular remote?

We'd need a per-worktree config file to make it work, I guess, or
a three-level checkout.$worktree_id.defaultRemote configuration
variable, perhaps?

In any case I can see how this will help those with multiple remotes
(including me ;-).  Thanks for moving this topic forward.


  reply	other threads:[~2018-05-25  8:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 95+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-02 10:54 [PATCH] checkout & worktree: introduce a core.DWIMRemote setting Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-02 15:21 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-05-02 18:00   ` Eric Sunshine
2018-05-02 18:09     ` Duy Nguyen
2018-05-02 18:25     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-03 13:18       ` [PATCH v2] checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.implicitRemote Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-03 15:14         ` Duy Nguyen
2018-05-04  7:54           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-04 14:58             ` Duy Nguyen
2018-05-04 18:02               ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-04  9:58         ` Eric Sunshine
2018-05-24 19:47           ` [PATCH v3] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-25  8:12             ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2018-05-25 14:42               ` Duy Nguyen
2018-05-25 18:38                 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-26 12:49                   ` Duy Nguyen
2018-05-31  7:45             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-31 19:52               ` [PATCH v4 0/9] ambiguous checkout UI & checkout.defaultRemote Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-01 21:10                 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-02 11:50                   ` [PATCH v6 " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-05 14:40                     ` [PATCH v7 " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-05 14:40                     ` [PATCH v7 1/8] checkout tests: index should be clean after dwim checkout Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-05 15:45                       ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-07-27 17:48                         ` [PATCH] tests: make use of the test_must_be_empty function Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-07-27 21:50                           ` Junio C Hamano
2018-07-31  0:17                           ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-08-22 17:48                           ` [PATCH] t6018-rev-list-glob: fix 'empty stdin' test SZEDER Gábor
2018-08-22 17:53                             ` Eric Sunshine
2018-08-22 18:59                               ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-08-22 20:30                                 ` Eric Sunshine
2018-08-22 18:01                             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-08-22 18:50                             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-08-22 19:23                               ` Jeff King
2018-08-22 19:50                                 ` [PATCH] rev-list: make empty --stdin not an error Jeff King
2018-08-22 20:42                                   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-08-22 21:37                                     ` Jeff King
2018-08-22 21:50                                       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-08-22 21:55                                         ` Jeff King
2018-08-22 21:41                                     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-06-05 14:40                     ` [PATCH v7 2/8] checkout.h: wrap the arguments to unique_tracking_name() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-05 14:40                     ` [PATCH v7 3/8] checkout.c: introduce an *_INIT macro Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-05 14:40                     ` [PATCH v7 4/8] checkout.c: change "unique" member to "num_matches" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-05 14:40                     ` [PATCH v7 5/8] checkout: pass the "num_matches" up to callers Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-05 14:40                     ` [PATCH v7 6/8] builtin/checkout.c: use "ret" variable for return Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-05 14:40                     ` [PATCH v7 7/8] checkout: add advice for ambiguous "checkout <branch>" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-05 14:40                     ` [PATCH v7 8/8] checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.defaultRemote Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-02 11:50                   ` [PATCH v6 1/8] checkout tests: index should be clean after dwim checkout Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-02 11:50                   ` [PATCH v6 2/8] checkout.h: wrap the arguments to unique_tracking_name() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-02 11:50                   ` [PATCH v6 3/8] checkout.c: introduce an *_INIT macro Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-02 11:50                   ` [PATCH v6 4/8] checkout.c]: change "unique" member to "num_matches" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-02 11:50                   ` [PATCH v6 5/8] checkout: pass the "num_matches" up to callers Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-02 11:50                   ` [PATCH v6 6/8] builtin/checkout.c: use "ret" variable for return Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-02 11:50                   ` [PATCH v6 7/8] checkout: add advice for ambiguous "checkout <branch>" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-02 11:50                   ` [PATCH v6 8/8] checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.defaultRemote Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-03  7:58                     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-06-01 21:10                 ` [PATCH v5 1/8] checkout tests: index should be clean after dwim checkout Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-01 21:10                 ` [PATCH v5 2/8] checkout.h: wrap the arguments to unique_tracking_name() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-01 21:10                 ` [PATCH v5 3/8] checkout.[ch]: introduce an *_INIT macro Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-01 22:40                   ` Eric Sunshine
2018-06-01 21:10                 ` [PATCH v5 4/8] checkout.[ch]: change "unique" member to "num_matches" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-01 22:41                   ` Eric Sunshine
2018-06-01 21:10                 ` [PATCH v5 5/8] checkout: pass the "num_matches" up to callers Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-01 21:10                 ` [PATCH v5 6/8] builtin/checkout.c: use "ret" variable for return Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-01 21:10                 ` [PATCH v5 7/8] checkout: add advice for ambiguous "checkout <branch>" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-01 22:52                   ` Eric Sunshine
2018-06-01 21:10                 ` [PATCH v5 8/8] checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.defaultRemote Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-31 19:52               ` [PATCH v4 1/9] checkout tests: index should be clean after dwim checkout Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-01  4:06                 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-06-01 19:43                   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-31 19:52               ` [PATCH v4 2/9] checkout.h: wrap the arguments to unique_tracking_name() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-31 19:52               ` [PATCH v4 3/9] checkout.[ch]: move struct declaration into *.h Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-31 21:45                 ` Thomas Gummerer
2018-06-01  2:14                   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-06-01  9:56                     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-31 19:52               ` [PATCH v4 4/9] checkout.[ch]: introduce an *_INIT macro Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-01  4:16                 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-31 19:52               ` [PATCH v4 5/9] checkout.[ch]: change "unique" member to "num_matches" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-31 19:52               ` [PATCH v4 6/9] checkout: pass the "num_matches" up to callers Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-31 19:52               ` [PATCH v4 7/9] builtin/checkout.c: use "ret" variable for return Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-31 19:52               ` [PATCH v4 8/9] checkout: add advice for ambiguous "checkout <branch>" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-01  4:32                 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-06-01  5:11                   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-06-01  9:54                     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-04  1:58                       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-06-01  9:50                   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-01  7:53                 ` Eric Sunshine
2018-06-01 19:59                   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-31 19:52               ` [PATCH v4 9/9] checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.defaultRemote Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-31 21:49                 ` Stefan Beller
2018-06-01  8:04                   ` Eric Sunshine
2018-06-01  9:47                   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-31 22:22                 ` Thomas Gummerer
2018-06-01  2:17                   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-04  7:14       ` [PATCH] checkout & worktree: introduce a core.DWIMRemote setting Eric Sunshine
2018-05-04  7:23         ` Eric Sunshine

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