On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
I think I already suggested this to Carl once, but if you
forget about 'git clone' in this case (or any other cases), your
example would just work.
$ git init
$ git pull git://server/path branch
The problem with this is that it doesn't set up tracking, so while it
*works*, you are now forever doomed to re-do that
git pull git://server/path branch
to update, and if you then ever give the wrong branch name you'll try to
merge and get really confused as a beginner.
Linus