On 06/13/2011 02:26 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I found the cause. When I added 'github' to ~/.gitconfig a few months
> ago, I copied this line from .git/config:
>
> fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
>
> If this line is in ~/.gitconfig for both 'origin' and 'github', git
> cannot create .git/config entries.
>
> Attached is my corrected ~/.gitconfig file. I now use only the 'url'
> branch entries, which is all that is needed.
>
[...]
> [remote "origin"]
> url = ssh://git@gitmaster.postgresql.org/postgresql.git
> # Do not add the next line or .git/config is not updated.
> # fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
> [remote "github"]
> url = git@github.com:bmomjian/postgres.git
Is putting remotes in your ~/.gitconfig good practice? I certainly
don't have any in mine.
The one for "origin" seems a particularly bad idea to me, although I
don't claim that my git-fu is of the highest.
> pager = "less -x4 -E"
I experimented with this setting quite a bit before getting it the way I
wanted. You might find this works better:
pager = less -+$LESS -FRSX
cheers
andrew
