On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] wrote:
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+In this case, "origin" is called a remote repository, or "remote" for
+short. The branches of this repository are called "remote branches"
+from our point of view, and Git will keep a copy of these
+branches, called "remote-tracking branches" in the local repository.
+These remote-tracking branches are references that will be updated by
+"git fetch" (hence by "git pull"). See
+<<Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch>> for details.
"...and Git will initially clone these branches into so-called
"remote-tracking branches" in the local repository. Thereafter, the
remote-tracking branches are updated upon fetching from[1] or pushing
to the remote. ([1] which also includes pulling.)
j.