[git-users] Confusing git -T g...@github.com exit status

2014-03-04 Thread Andrew Pennebaker
I want to git clone some private repos as part of a Vagrant installation. I can do this with help from ssh agent forwarding, Puppet, and puppet-vcsrepo. However, I have to write a Puppet exec step to accept GitHub's server key: `git -Tv g...@github.com -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no` A trace

[git-users] git checkout -t: better error

2014-09-15 Thread Andrew Pennebaker
Could we improve the error message for `git checkout -t`? Sometimes I forget to type the remote name. Something like: Missing remote or branch name; try -b -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To unsubscribe from this

[git-users] Why no git remote get-url origin?

2015-02-26 Thread Andrew Pennebaker
git-remote offers a set-url subcommand for setting a remote's URL: $ git remote set-url origin g...@github.com:mcandre/regenboog.git But I can't find a get counterpart: $ git remote get-url origin error: Unknown subcommand: get-url Could we add this getter to make the interface more intuitive?

[git-users] git svn remote add/set-url, please?

2015-03-27 Thread Andrew Pennebaker
Could git-svn please include a remote add / set-url command, so that svn remotes can be added with a simple git-svn command, rather than manually writing: [svn-remote svn-branch name] url = branch URL fetch = :refs/remotes/branch name in a text editor session? -- You received this

[git-users] Enhancement: default core.ignorecase to false for all OS's

2015-09-09 Thread Andrew Pennebaker
Currently, ignorecase's default setting varies by OS (filesystem), which allows Mac and Windows users to be lazy about the casing of filename arguments. However, this creates problems for projects with contributors from multiple OS's/filesystems. The ignorecase setting can have surprising

[git-users] git submodules: Integrate better with git checkout, git stash

2017-03-17 Thread Andrew Pennebaker
When switching between branches, or stashing commits, git does a crappy job of dealing with its own submodules. Please integrate these tools better, so that git does the right thing as the user traverses refs. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git

[git-users] Automate deleting git submodules

2017-03-17 Thread Andrew Pennebaker
Please offer a more helpful "git submodule remove" command, or something besides a bunch of manual steps to remove submodules. People shouldn't have to go to a specific StackOverflow anchor to do this. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human