Philip Oakley <philipoak...@iee.org> writes:
> branch.<name>.remote can be set to '.' (period) as the repository
> path (URL) as part of the remote name dwimmery. Tell the reader.
>
> Such relative paths are not 'special'. Correct the branch.<name>.merge
> note.
Looks good.
It naturally follows that this is also valid:
[branch "master"]
merge = refs/heads/master
remote = git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
and running "git pull" while on your 'master'.
This is because branch.<name>.remote usually is spelled with a
nickname that refers to the [remote <nickname>] section, but it does
not have to be; it can use a URL to refer to the remote repository.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoak...@iee.org>
> ---
> Documentation/config.txt | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
> index 599ca52..da63043 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/config.txt
> @@ -718,6 +718,8 @@ branch.<name>.remote::
> overridden by `branch.<name>.pushremote`. If no remote is
> configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
> `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushdefault` for pushing.
> + Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository
> + (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below.
>
> branch.<name>.pushremote::
> When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for
> @@ -743,8 +745,8 @@ branch.<name>.merge::
> Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
> If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
> another branch in the local repository, you can point
> - branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
> - `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
> + branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path
> + setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
>
> branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
> Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
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