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Re: [question] how can i verify whether a local branch is tracking a remote branch?

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Apr 5, 2009, 14:44 UTC
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On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 12:32:29PM +0200, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote:
> is there a way to verify, using the UI, whether a local branch is
> tracking a remote branch?

Do you mean "whether it is tracking any branch", or "whether the branch is is tracking is remote"?

If the former, then I think if one of branch.$branch.{merge,rebase} is set, it is tracking something. The tracked thing is remote unless branch.$branch.remote is ".".

-Peff
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