Re: [PATCH] defaults for where to merge from (take 3)

On 3/1/07, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

Also it would be nice if you guys can fight it out about the
default value for 'tracked'.  I do not think _I_ can defend the
position to create these tracking configurations by default to
old timers (especially the ones that do not follow the git
mailing list), as I am not convinced (not yet, anyway).

BTW, how about printing a message that the newly created
branch is a tracker of that remote branch?

  $ git branch abc origin/master
  Branch "abc" tracks "remotes/origin/master"
  $ _