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Re: [OT] Your branch is ahead of the tracked remote branch 'origin/master' by 50 commits.

From
Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 1, 2008, 18:01 UTC
Message-ID
<20080701180109.GA14026@atjola.homenet>
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<20080701100725.GE31309@elte.hu>
On 2008.07.01 12:07:25 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> There's a small detail i was thinking about: is there a way to get this 
> extra output without actually switching branches? Right now i do this:
> 
>  earth4:~/tip> git-checkout tip; git-checkout master
>  Checking out files: 100% (2437/2437), done.
>  Switched to branch "tip"
>  Switched to branch "master"
>  Your branch is ahead of the tracked remote branch 'origin/master' by
>  50 commits.
> 
> (Which is an admitted lame solution but the best i could figure.)

Just "git checkout" works for me: git (master) $ git checkout Your branch is behind the tracked remote branch 'origin/master' by 6 commits, and can be fast-forwarded.

Björn
Previous: Mikael Magnusson
Message 28 of 28 in “[OT] Your branch is ahead of the tracked remote branch 'origin/master' by 50 commits.”
  1. Ingo MolnarJul 1, 2008
  2. Bruce StephensJul 1, 2008
  3. Ingo MolnarJul 1, 2008
  4. SZEDER GáborJul 1, 2008
  5. Jakub NarebskiJul 1, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2008
  7. 0/3 Making remote tracking statistics available to other toolsJunio C Hamano, Jul 2, 2008
  8. Olivier MarinJul 3, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 3, 2008
  10. Olivier MarinJul 3, 2008
  11. 1/3 Refactor "tracking statistics" code used by "git checkout"Junio C Hamano, Jul 2, 2008
  12. 2/3 git-status: show the remote tracking statisticsJunio C Hamano, Jul 2, 2008
  13. 3/3 git-branch -v: show the remote tracking statisticsJunio C Hamano, Jul 2, 2008
  14. Johannes SixtJul 2, 2008
  15. Karl HasselströmJul 2, 2008
  16. Brian GernhardtJul 2, 2008
  17. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2008
  18. Johannes SchindelinJul 2, 2008
  19. Jakub NarebskiJul 1, 2008
  20. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2008
  21. Ingo MolnarJul 1, 2008
  22. Miklos VajnaJul 1, 2008
  23. Ingo MolnarJul 1, 2008
  24. Miklos VajnaJul 1, 2008
  25. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2008
  26. Pedro MeloJul 4, 2008
  27. Mikael MagnussonJul 1, 2008
  28. Björn SteinbrinkJul 1, 2008

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