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| author |  Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> | 2010-11-02 16:31:24 +0100 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-11-03 09:20:47 -0700 |
| commit | 29b9a66f285f602ad67362ccbe2c6bfaac769f54 (patch) | |
| tree | 0947721dba3bcf5c73a69d6092bcb167a7041d33 /Documentation/git-branch.txt | |
| parent | Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch" (diff) | |
| download | tgif-29b9a66f285f602ad67362ccbe2c6bfaac769f54.tar.xz | |
Change incorrect uses of "remote branch" meaning "remote-tracking"
"remote branch" is a branch hosted in a remote repository, while
"remote-tracking branch" is a copy of such branch, hosted locally.
The distinction is subtle when the copy is up-to-date, but rather
fundamental to understand what "git fetch" and "git push" do.
This patch should fix all incorrect usages in Documentation/ directory.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-branch.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-branch.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 1940256930..7f23c5682f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the new branch. -When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the +When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, git sets up the branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from -the remote branch. This behavior may be changed via the global +the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options. @@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ OPTIONS Move/rename a branch even if the new branch name already exists. --color[=<when>]:: - Color branches to highlight current, local, and remote branches. + Color branches to highlight current, local, and + remote-tracking branches. The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. --no-color:: @@ -125,11 +126,11 @@ OPTIONS it directs `git pull` without arguments to pull from the upstream when the new branch is checked out. + -This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote branch. +This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch. Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if '--no-track' were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the -start-point is either a local or remote branch. +start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch. --no-track:: Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the |