Terminology question: "tracking" branches

From: Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 22, 2008, 16:13 UTC
Message-ID: <20081022161302.GC16946@atjola.homenet>
In-Reply-To: <48FF3FEE.8020209@drmicha.warpmail.net>

On 2008.10.22 16:59:58 +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:

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> - a remote branch (a branch in your local repo which is a copy of a
> branch in a remote repo; stored under refs/remotes, never to be modified
> locally)
> - a (remote) tracking branch (a local branch which is set up to pull
> from a remote branch by default)

(Remote) tracking branches are actually what you called remote branches, at least according to the git glossary. But I wonder, what is the right term for a branch that has the --track setup for pull?

On #git I usually fall back to some variation of "a branch that is configured for 'git pull'" or something similarly verbose (and maybe that's even partially wrong/inaccurate/incomplete?). And I always try to stick to saying "remote tracking branch" and not just "tracking branch" (as the glossary does) to avoid confusion as best as I can. But that feels quite suboptimal.

So, is there some term that describes a local branch that has been configured for "git pull"?

Thanks, Björn