Re: Terminology question: "tracking" branches

From: Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 28, 2008, 08:01 UTC
Message-ID: <20081028080102.GL3612@atjola.homenet>
In-Reply-To: <20081027162840.GK3612@atjola.homenet>

On 2008.10.27 17:28:40 +0100, Björn Steinbrink wrote:

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> On 2008.10.23 10:07:07 +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:
> > That leaves open:
> > 
> > - What does "remote branch" mean, if it means anything at all? It could
> > be used for a branch in a remote repository, i.e. the other side of
> > fetch/push refspec (remote branch:tracking branch).
> 
> I prefer to say "the branch on the remote" there, but that's just to
> avoid confusion with "remote tracking branch".

So I just happened to use "git remote show origin" and that uses "remote branch" as you described it:

* remote origin
  URL: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
  Remote branch merged with 'git pull' while on branch master
    master
  Tracked remote branches
    html
    maint
    ...

JFYI Björn