Merge branch 'jc/remote-set-url-doc' into maint

Clarify in the documentation that "remote.<nick>.pushURL" and
"remote.<nick>.URL" are there to name the same repository accessed
via different transports, not two separate repositories.

* jc/remote-set-url-doc:
  Documentation/git-remote.txt: stress that set-url is not for triangular

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index cb103c8b6..a77607b85 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -130,17 +130,25 @@ branches, adds to that list.
 
 'set-url'::
 
-Changes URL remote points to. Sets first URL remote points to matching
+Changes URLs for the remote. Sets first URL for remote <name> that matches
 regex <oldurl> (first URL if no <oldurl> is given) to <newurl>. If
-<oldurl> doesn't match any URL, error occurs and nothing is changed.
+<oldurl> doesn't match any URL, an error occurs and nothing is changed.
 +
 With '--push', push URLs are manipulated instead of fetch URLs.
 +
-With '--add', instead of changing some URL, new URL is added.
+With '--add', instead of changing existing URLs, new URL is added.
 +
-With '--delete', instead of changing some URL, all URLs matching
-regex <url> are deleted. Trying to delete all non-push URLs is an
-error.
+With '--delete', instead of changing existing URLs, all URLs matching
+regex <url> are deleted for remote <name>.  Trying to delete all
+non-push URLs is an error.
++
+Note that the push URL and the fetch URL, even though they can
+be set differently, must still refer to the same place.  What you
+pushed to the push URL should be what you would see if you
+immediately fetched from the fetch URL.  If you are trying to
+fetch from one place (e.g. your upstream) and push to another (e.g.
+your publishing repository), use two separate remotes.
+
 
 'show'::