Re: push branch descriptions

2012-11-14 Thread Junio C Hamano
"Pyeron, Jason J CTR (US)" writes: >> > Imagine the project creates a branch "magic" to enhance its system >> > with magic words. The description for the "magic" branch in the >> > project may say "support magic words" or something. >> > >> > You and your friend are tasked to add a handful of ma

RE: push branch descriptions

2012-11-14 Thread Pyeron, Jason J CTR (US)
> -Original Message- > From: Angelo Borsotti > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 9:51 AM > > Hi Junio, > > > It would conceptually be a lot cleaner to treat updating of remote > > Ibranch description as a separate "repository management" class of > > Ioperation, similar to setting the re

Re: push branch descriptions

2012-11-14 Thread Angelo Borsotti
Hi Junio, > It would conceptually be a lot cleaner to treat updating of remote > Ibranch description as a separate "repository management" class of > Ioperation, similar to setting the repository description stored in > I$GIT_DIR/description. I agree, it should be a distinct operation. I was thin

Re: push branch descriptions

2012-11-14 Thread Junio C Hamano
Angelo Borsotti writes: > currently, there is no means to push a branch description to a remote > repository. It is possible to create a branch, but not to set its > description. Correct. You have to go to the remote repository and run "git branch --edit-description" there; there is currently n

Re: push branch descriptions

2012-11-14 Thread Michael J Gruber
Ramkumar Ramachandra venit, vidit, dixit 14.11.2012 11:33: > Hi, > > Angelo Borsotti wrote: >> currently, there is no means to push a branch description to a remote >> repository. It is possible to create a branch, but not to set its >> description. >> Would not be more correct to push also branch