Re: creating tracking branches with git gui

From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: May 8, 2008, 23:41 UTC
Message-ID: <20080508234114.GZ29038@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <2e24e5b90805072006j311b276cpe0a0d0eea9fa13a0@mail.gmail.com>

Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Over on another thread I found a config variable called
> gui.matchtrackingbranch, but setting that to true only saved me a
> mouse click -- it didn't really create the tracking, as seen by "git
> remote show origin".

Yea, I think that option actually predates the --track thing that git-branch does these days. Its designed to save a mouse click if you are working in a corporate centralized repository model and need to switch branches multiple times per day, always grabbing the latest from the centralized repository when possible.

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> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Using git gui to create tracking branches only creates the local
> >  branch, but does not establish tracking.  Using the command "git
> >  branch newbr origin/newbr" works as expected of course.
> >
> >  I clicked on "Branch", then "Create", chose the "Match Tracking Branch
> >  Name" radio button, chose the appropriate branch (origin/newbr) in the
> >  list below, then finally hit Create at the bottom right.

Right.

I don't use the --track feature (branch.$name.remote, branch.$name.merge) in my own work, so I have never had the desire or need to make sure that git-gui sets this up for you.

I'll try to work up a patch this evening.

-- 
Shawn.