Re: How to specify remote branch correctly

On 2012-12-17, Tomas Carnecky [off-list ref] wrote:

On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:02:46 +0000, Woody Wu [off-list ref] wrote:

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On 2012-12-17, Tomas Carnecky [off-list ref] wrote:

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'git checkout foo' has special meaning if a local branch with that
name doesn't exist but there is a remote branch with that name. In
that case it's equivalent to: git checkout -t -b foo origin/foo.
Because that's what people usually want.

I think this is what exactly happened to me in the first time I got the
'foo'.  One new thing to me is the '-t'.  I am not sure wether the '-t'
was used or not in the background.  How do I check the 'upstream'
relationships?  Is there any file under .git recoreded that kind of
information?

Yes, that information is recorded in a file somewhere in .git. However, for
most users it's irrelevant which file it is. Git has commands to access this
information. Try one of these:

  git branch -vv

Run this on my local linux tree, I got:
  lgf2410-2.6.16.4         7af1fda - added a ignore rule in .gitignore
  (*~)
  * lgf2410-2.6.34.13        50d3f9d ax88796b verbose debug output
    lgf2410-2.6.34.13-16C554 3ec82e0 more debug on 16C554
      master                   9489e9d [origin/master] Linux 3.7-rc7

Does this mean, I only have local branch master tracked to remote?

  git remote show origin

Running this I got,

    ...
    linux-3.1.y    tracked
    linux-3.2.y    tracked
    linux-3.3.y    tracked
    linux-3.4.y    tracked
    linux-3.5.y    tracked
    linux-3.6.y    tracked
    linux-3.7.y    new (next fetch will store in remotes/origin)
    master         tracked
  Local branch configured for 'git pull':
    master rebases onto remote master
  Local ref configured for 'git push':
    master pushes to master (local out of date)

I am curious to know how the last 4 lines were printed by git.

  -----
  Local branch configured for 'git pull':
    master rebases onto remote master
  -----

If I have addtional branch other than master that also track to some
remote branch, will it also be listed under this 'git pull' line?

  ----
  Local ref configured for 'git push':
    master pushes to master (local out of date)
  ---

This I totally don't understand, what it mean? I think I did not do a
modification on the local 'master'.

Thanks!

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woody
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