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authorPaolo Bonzini <paolo.bonzini@lu.unisi.ch>2007-03-08 10:58:35 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-03-10 23:41:58 -0800
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git-branch, git-checkout: autosetup for remote branch tracking
In order to track and build on top of a branch 'topic' you track from your upstream repository, you often would end up doing this sequence: git checkout -b mytopic origin/topic git config --add branch.mytopic.remote origin git config --add branch.mytopic.merge refs/heads/topic This would first fork your own 'mytopic' branch from the 'topic' branch you track from the 'origin' repository; then it would set up two configuration variables so that 'git pull' without parameters does the right thing while you are on your own 'mytopic' branch. This commit adds a --track option to git-branch, so that "git branch --track mytopic origin/topic" performs the latter two actions when creating your 'mytopic' branch. If the configuration variable branch.autosetupmerge is set to true, you do not have to pass the --track option explicitly; further patches in this series allow setting the variable with a "git remote add" option. The configuration variable is off by default, and there is a --no-track option to countermand it even if the variable is set. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-checkout - Checkout and switch to a branch
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [-b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
+'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [-b [--track | --no-track] <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
'git-checkout' [<tree-ish>] <paths>...
DESCRIPTION
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ When <paths> are not given, this command switches branches by
updating the index and working tree to reflect the specified
branch, <branch>, and updating HEAD to be <branch> or, if
specified, <new_branch>. Using -b will cause <new_branch> to
-be created.
+be created; in this case you can use the --track or --no-track
+options, which will be passed to `git branch`.
When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch
branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from
@@ -45,6 +46,16 @@ OPTIONS
by gitlink:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks
may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name.
+--track::
+ When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
+ setup so that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from
+ the remote branch.
+
+--no-track::
+ When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
+ force that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from
+ the remote branch independent of the configuration settings.
+
-l::
Create the new branch's ref log. This activates recording of
all changes to made the branch ref, enabling use of date