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Re: [PATCH] branch: make --set-upstream saner without an explicit starting point

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Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
Date
Jul 6, 2012, 08:03 UTC
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On Fri, 2012-07-06 at 00:29 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de> writes:
> 
> > Yep, this seems good. Now that you mention the <name> existing, I wonder
> > if letting --set-upstream create the branch as well wasn't another bad
> > decision, as the name suggests it's for setting that information after
> > the branch has already been created.
> 
> You should be able to correct that for --set-upstream-to=<upstream>.
> It is clearly about setting upstream for an existing branch, right?

Yeah, it's for changing the tracking information and should refuse to do so if the branch doesn't exist yet.

   cmn
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  1. branch: make --set-upstream saner without an explicit starting pointCarlos Martín Nieto, Jul 5, 2012
  2. Jeff KingJul 5, 2012
  3. Carlos Martín NietoJul 5, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2012
  6. Carlos Martín NietoJul 6, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2012
  8. Carlos Martín NietoJul 6, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2012
  10. Carlos Martín NietoJul 18, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2012

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