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diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index f920c04cc0..7e8874acaa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ 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 can setup the +When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the branch so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that -remote branch. If this behavior is desired, it is possible to make it -the default using the global `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration -flag. Otherwise, it can be chosen per-branch using the `--track` +remote branch. If this behavior is not desired, it is possible to +disable it using the global `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration +flag. That setting can be overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options. With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>. @@ -108,10 +108,11 @@ OPTIONS Set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from the remote branch. Use this if you always pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you - don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. Set the - branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you + don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. + This behavior is the default. Set the + branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to false if you want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if - '--track' were given. + '--no-track' were given. --no-track:: When a branch is created off a remote branch, |