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[PATCH 10/10] git-branch.txt: mention --set-upstream as a way to change upstream configuration

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date
Nov 2, 2010, 15:31 UTC
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Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
---
 Documentation/git-branch.txt |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 7f23c56..9106d38 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, git sets up the
 branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from
 the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
 `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
-overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options.
+overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options, and
+changed later using `git branch --set-upstream`.
 
 With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>.
 If <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match
-- 
1.7.3.2.183.g2e7b0
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Message 17 of 17 in “More consistant terminology”
  1. 00/10 More consistant terminologyMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  2. 01/10 Better "Changed but not updated" message in git-statusMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  3. 02/10 Replace "remote tracking" with "remote-tracking"Matthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  4. 03/10 Change remote tracking to remote-tracking in non-trivial placesMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  5. 04/10 everyday.txt: change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"Matthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  6. 05/10 Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"Matthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  7. Santi BéjarNov 2, 2010
  8. Forgotten 'tracking' -> 'remote-tracking'Matthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  9. 06/10 Change incorrect uses of "remote branch" meaning "remote-tracking"Matthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  10. 07/10 Change incorrect "remote branch" to "remote tracking branch" in C codeMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  11. What's the -s switch in git show?Will Hall, Nov 9, 2010
  12. Documentation: document show -sJonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2010
  13. 08/10 user-manual.txt: explain better the remote(-tracking) branch termsMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  14. Peter KreftingNov 2, 2010
  15. user-manual.txt: explain better the remote(-tracking) branch termsMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  16. 09/10 user-manual: remote-tracking can be checked out, with detached HEADMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010
  17. 10/10 git-branch.txt: mention --set-upstream as a way to change upstream configurationMatthieu Moy, Nov 2, 2010

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