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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/glossary-content.txt6
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 3afd124749..f3ebd2f9a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ push.default::
* `matching` push all matching branches.
All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
matching. This is the default.
-* `tracking` push the current branch to the branch it is tracking.
+* `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch.
* `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
rebase.stat::
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 4fc1cf1184..572374f7a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -449,6 +449,12 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
An <<def_object,object>> which is not <<def_reachable,reachable>> from a
<<def_branch,branch>>, <<def_tag,tag>>, or any other reference.
+[[def_upstream_branch]]upstream branch::
+ The default <<def_branch,branch>> that is merged into the branch in
+ question (or the branch in question is rebased onto). It is configured
+ via branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge. If the upstream branch
+ of 'A' is 'origin/B' sometimes we say "'A' is tracking 'origin/B'".
+
[[def_working_tree]]working tree::
The tree of actual checked out files. The working tree is
normally equal to the <<def_HEAD,HEAD>> plus any local changes