Comment on weird git-remote behavior

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/share/hydractl/sync-media-remotes b/share/hydractl/sync-media-remotes
index 217b17f..e032c7f 100755
--- a/share/hydractl/sync-media-remotes
+++ b/share/hydractl/sync-media-remotes
@@ -34,6 +34,29 @@ for folder in `ls $MEDIA`; do
       fi
 
       if ! git remote -v | sed -e 's/\t/ /g' | grep -q "^$name $addr $type$"; then
+        # This might not sync everything in the first run as some weird behavior
+        # happens according to this example:
+        #
+        # mkdir test && cd test
+        # git init
+        # git remote add origin git.example.org:test
+        # git remote set-url --add --push origin test.example.org:test
+        # git remote -v
+        #
+        # Expected output:
+        #
+        # origin	git.example.org:test (fetch)
+        # origin	git.example.org:test (push)
+        # origin	test.example.org:test (push)
+        #
+        # Actual output:
+        #
+        # origin	git.example.org:test (fetch)
+        # origin	test.example.org:test (push)
+        #
+        # You can get the expected output by doing this additional step:
+        #
+        # git remote set-url --add --push origin git.example.org:test
         git remote $command $name $addr
       fi
     done