Make git-clone --use-separate-remote the default

We've talked about this for quite some time on the list, and it
is a sane thing to do for a repository with an associcated
working tree.

For somebody who wants to use the traditional layout, there is a
backward compatibility option --use-immingled-remote, but it is
expected to be removed before the next major release.

Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: Petr Baudis

Documentation/git-clone.txt

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
 	  [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
-	  [--use-separate-remote] <repository> [<directory>]
+	  [--use-separate-remote | --use-immingled-remote] <repository>
+	  [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -71,9 +72,13 @@ OPTIONS
 	Make a 'bare' GIT repository.  That is, instead of
 	creating `<directory>` and placing the administrative
 	files in `<directory>/.git`, make the `<directory>`
-	itself the `$GIT_DIR`. This implies `-n` option.  When
-	this option is used, neither the `origin` branch nor the
-	default `remotes/origin` file is created.
+	itself the `$GIT_DIR`. This obviously implies the `-n`
+	because there is nowhere to check out the working tree.
+	Also the branch heads at the remote are copied directly
+	to corresponding local branch heads, without mapping
+	them to `refs/remotes/origin/`.  When this option is
+	used, neither the `origin` branch nor the default
+	`remotes/origin` file is created.
 
 --origin <name>::
 -o <name>::
@@ -97,8 +102,15 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --use-separate-remote::
 	Save remotes heads under `$GIT_DIR/remotes/origin/` instead
-	of `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`.  Only the master branch is saved
-	in the latter.
+	of `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`.  Only the local master branch is
+	saved in the latter. This is the default.
+
+--use-immingled-remote::
+	Save remotes heads in the same namespace as the local
+	heads, `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/'.  In regular repositories,
+	this is a legacy setup git-clone created by default in
+	older Git versions, and will be removed before the next
+	major release.
 
 <repository>::
 	The (possibly remote) repository to clone from.  It can

git-clone.sh

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ die() {
 }
 
 usage() {
-	die "Usage: $0 [--template=<template_directory>] [--use-separate-remote] [--reference <reference-repo>] [--bare] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-u <upload-pack>] [--origin <name>] [-n] <repo> [<dir>]"
+	die "Usage: $0 [--template=<template_directory>] [--use-immingled-remote] [--reference <reference-repo>] [--bare] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-u <upload-pack>] [--origin <name>] [-n] <repo> [<dir>]"
 }
 
 get_repo_base() {
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ bare=
 reference=
 origin=
 origin_override=
-use_separate_remote=
+use_separate_remote=t
 while
 	case "$#,$1" in
 	0,*) break ;;
@@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ while
 	  template="$1" ;;
 	*,-q|*,--quiet) quiet=-q ;;
 	*,--use-separate-remote)
+		# default
 		use_separate_remote=t ;;
+	*,--use-immingled-remote)
+		use_separate_remote= ;;
 	1,--reference) usage ;;
 	*,--reference)
 		shift; reference="$1" ;;
@@ -169,18 +172,15 @@ repo="$1"
 test -n "$repo" ||
     die 'you must specify a repository to clone.'
 
-# --bare implies --no-checkout
+# --bare implies --no-checkout and --use-immingled-remote
 if test yes = "$bare"
 then
 	if test yes = "$origin_override"
 	then
 		die '--bare and --origin $origin options are incompatible.'
 	fi
-	if test t = "$use_separate_remote"
-	then
-		die '--bare and --use-separate-remote options are incompatible.'
-	fi
 	no_checkout=yes
+	use_separate_remote=
 fi
 
 if test -z "$origin"