{"thread":{"id":"32259","subject":"Inconsistency in messages about --set-upstream from git pull and git branch","startedAt":"2012-12-01T15:36:06Z","lastAt":"2012-12-02T01:29:31Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Dan Rosén","Carlos Martín Nieto"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"204389","messageId":"CAN2DD_Hc4ZoQZefUirSZF=PZY5654yqrQfk5g1VzBLixEC=T-g@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"32259","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Inconsistency in messages about --set-upstream from git pull and git branch","fromName":"Dan Rosén","fromEmail":"danr@student.chalmers.se","sentAt":"2012-12-01T15:36:06Z","receivedAt":"2012-12-01T15:36:06Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"danr@student.chalmers.se","avatar":null},"body":"I added a new origin to a repository and did git pull and got this message:\n\n * [new branch]      master     -> origin/master\nThere is no tracking information for the current branch.\nPlease specify which branch you want to merge with.\nSee git-pull(1) for details\n\n    git pull <remote> <branch>\n\nIf you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with:\n\n    git branch --set-upstream master origin/<branch>\n\n\nI followed the instructions:\n$ git branch --set-upstream master origin/master\nThe --set-upstream flag is deprecated and will be removed. Consider\nusing --track or --set-upstream-to\nBranch master set up to track remote branch master from origin.\n\nI was using git version 1.8.0 precompiled for Arch Linux.\n\nI tried to find an issue tracker but perhaps it is appropriate to\nreport this inconsistency to this mailing list.\n\nBest,\nDan\n"},{"id":"204399","messageId":"87y5hhjl6s.fsf@centaur.cmartin.tk","threadId":"32259","inReplyTo":"CAN2DD_Hc4ZoQZefUirSZF=PZY5654yqrQfk5g1VzBLixEC=T-g@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Inconsistency in messages about --set-upstream from git pull and git branch","fromName":"Carlos Martín Nieto","fromEmail":"cmn@elego.de","sentAt":"2012-12-02T01:29:31Z","receivedAt":"2012-12-02T01:29:31Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"cmn@elego.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/335443?v=4"},"body":"Dan Rosén <danr@student.chalmers.se> writes:\n\n>\n>     git branch --set-upstream master origin/<branch>\n>\n\nThis has been fixed already in 1.8.0.1\n\n   cmn\n"}]}