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authorLibravatar Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi>2010-01-16 23:45:31 +0200
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-01-16 16:39:58 -0800
commite9fcd1e2121100d43d2d212eb6c6f1fc82aade1d (patch)
tree6a1d97f297fa15ee407e395a778c43675c95194f /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'jc/checkout-merge-base' (diff)
downloadtgif-e9fcd1e2121100d43d2d212eb6c6f1fc82aade1d.tar.xz
Add push --set-upstream
Frequent complaint is lack of easy way to set up upstream (tracking) references for git pull to work as part of push command. So add switch --set-upstream (-u) to do just that. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-push.txt9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index e3eb1e8f19..2a5394b832 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git push' [--all | --mirror | --tags] [-n | --dry-run] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
- [--repo=<repository>] [-f | --force] [-v | --verbose]
+ [--repo=<repository>] [-f | --force] [-v | --verbose] [-u | --set-upstream]
[<repository> <refspec>...]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below).
the name "origin" is used. For this latter case, this option
can be used to override the name "origin". In other words,
the difference between these two commands
+
+-u::
+--set-upstream::
+ For every branch that is up to date or successfully pushed, add
+ upstream (tracking) reference, used by argument-less
+ linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information,
+ see 'branch.<name>.merge' in linkgit:git-config[1].
+
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git push public #1