remote.c: introduce branch.<name>.pushremote

This new configuration variable overrides `remote.pushdefault` and
`branch.<name>.remote` for pushes.  When you pull from one
place (e.g. your upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own
publishing repository), you would want to set `remote.pushdefault` to
specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this option to
override it for a specific branch.

Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jeff King <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: artagnon

Documentation/config.txt

@@ -730,9 +730,19 @@ branch.<name>.remote::
 	When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push'
 	which remote to fetch from/push to.  The remote to push to
 	may be overridden with `remote.pushdefault` (for all branches).
-	If no remote is configured, or if you are not on any branch,
-	it defaults to `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushdefault`
-	for pushing.
+	The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further
+	overridden by `branch.<name>.pushremote`.  If no remote is
+	configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
+	`origin` for fetching and `remote.pushdefault` for pushing.
+
+branch.<name>.pushremote::
+	When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for
+	pushing.  It also overrides `remote.pushdefault` for pushing
+	from branch <name>.  When you pull from one place (e.g. your
+	upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing
+	repository), you would want to set `remote.pushdefault` to
+	specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this
+	option to override it for a specific branch.
 
 branch.<name>.merge::
 	Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
@@ -1903,7 +1913,8 @@ receive.updateserverinfo::
 
 remote.pushdefault::
 	The remote to push to by default.  Overrides
-	`branch.<name>.remote` for all branches.
+	`branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
+	`branch.<name>.pushremote` for specific branches.
 
 remote.<name>.url::
 	The URL of a remote repository.  See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or

remote.c

@@ -364,6 +364,10 @@ static int handle_config(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
 				default_remote_name = branch->remote_name;
 				explicit_default_remote_name = 1;
 			}
+		} else if (!strcmp(subkey, ".pushremote")) {
+			if (branch == current_branch)
+				if (git_config_string(&pushremote_name, key, value))
+					return -1;
 		} else if (!strcmp(subkey, ".merge")) {
 			if (!value)
 				return config_error_nonbool(key);

t/t5516-fetch-push.sh

@@ -519,6 +519,21 @@ test_expect_success 'push with config remote.*.pushurl' '
 	check_push_result testrepo $the_commit heads/master
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'push with config branch.*.pushremote' '
+	mk_test up_repo heads/master &&
+	mk_test side_repo heads/master &&
+	mk_test down_repo heads/master &&
+	test_config remote.up.url up_repo &&
+	test_config remote.pushdefault side_repo &&
+	test_config remote.down.url down_repo &&
+	test_config branch.master.remote up &&
+	test_config branch.master.pushremote down &&
+	git push &&
+	check_push_result up_repo $the_first_commit heads/master &&
+	check_push_result side_repo $the_first_commit heads/master &&
+	check_push_result down_repo $the_commit heads/master
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'push with dry-run' '
 
 	mk_test testrepo heads/master &&