Re: creating tracking branches with git gui

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 5:11 AM, Shawn O. Pearce [off-list ref] wrote:

Yea, I think that option actually predates the --track thing that
git-branch does these days.  Its designed to save a mouse click if

I don't use the --track feature (branch.$name.remote, branch.$name.merge)
in my own work, so I have never had the desire or need to make sure that
git-gui sets this up for you.

I'll try to work up a patch this evening.

Thanks -- I appreciate it.

The tracking feature is very useful; even though I understand the
whole refspec syntax perfectly well I still use this feature.

And I'm trying to propagate git at my job and every bit helps.

Besides, it's a bit hard to explain to folks why the widgets are
called "Match Tracking Branch Name" and "Tracking Branch" but the
branch is not actually tracked :-)