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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt11
-rwxr-xr-xgit-parse-remote.sh11
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 9090762819..21ec55797b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -125,10 +125,17 @@ apply.whitespace::
branch.<name>.remote::
When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
+ If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin".
branch.<name>.merge::
- When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default remote branch
- to be merged.
+ When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default refspec to
+ be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value has exactly to match
+ a remote part of one of the refspecs which are fetched from the remote
+ given by "branch.<name>.remote".
+ The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls
+ `git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
+ this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
+ Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
pager.color::
A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
diff --git a/git-parse-remote.sh b/git-parse-remote.sh
index da064a53f6..6ae534bf89 100755
--- a/git-parse-remote.sh
+++ b/git-parse-remote.sh
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ canon_refs_list_for_fetch () {
# or the first one otherwise; add prefix . to the rest
# to prevent the secondary branches to be merged by default.
merge_branches=
+ found_mergeref=
+ curr_branch=
if test "$1" = "-d"
then
shift ; remote="$1" ; shift
@@ -171,6 +173,10 @@ canon_refs_list_for_fetch () {
dot_prefix= && break
done
fi
+ if test -z $dot_prefix
+ then
+ found_mergeref=true
+ fi
case "$remote" in
'') remote=HEAD ;;
refs/heads/* | refs/tags/* | refs/remotes/*) ;;
@@ -191,6 +197,11 @@ canon_refs_list_for_fetch () {
fi
echo "${dot_prefix}${force}${remote}:${local}"
done
+ if test -z "$found_mergeref" -a "$curr_branch"
+ then
+ echo >&2 "Warning: No merge candidate found because value of config option
+ \"branch.${curr_branch}.merge\" does not match any remote branch fetched."
+ fi
}
# Returns list of src: (no store), or src:dst (store)