Re: VC mode and git

[Daniel Colascione]

On 03/24/2015 10:26 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 10:24:16 -0700
>> From: Daniel Colascione <address@hidden>
>> CC: address@hidden, address@hidden
>>
>>>> Yes. It would mean VC mode could not be used to work on private development
>>>> branches.
>>>
>>> Why cannot VC determine whether a branch is private or not?
>>
>> It's a matter of convention, not something vc can query. Whether I want
>> to push depends on a lot more than what vc, or any automated tool, can
>> figure out in the general case by sniffing around the build environment.
> 
> You are answering a different question.  I asked why it's hard to
> determine that a branch is a private one, not to determine my intent
> to push or not.

"Private" is also a convention. Git doesn't distinguish "private" from
"public" branches: that distinction is a matter of convention.

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