Re: change remote to track new branch

From: Daniel Convissor <danielc@analysisandsolutions.com>
Date: Aug 3, 2013, 16:28 UTC
Message-ID: <20130803162821.GA945@analysisandsolutions.com>
In-Reply-To: <m2d2pvp7nw.fsf@linux-m68k.org>

Hi Andreas:

On Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 09:14:59AM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:

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> Daniel Convissor <danielc@analysisandsolutions.com> writes:
> 
> > Long ago I added a remote to my repo.  It is set to track what was then
> > WordPress' main release branch (3.4-branch) and created a local branch
> > to use it.  Well, time marches on.  I want to update my remote and
> > branch to track the new main release branch (3.6-branch).
> >
> > Here's how I set things up at the time:
> >
> > git remote add -t 3.4-branch -f wp https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress
> > git checkout -b wp wp/3.4-branch
> 
> Use "git remote set-branches" to change the tracked branches of a
> remote.  Use "git branch --set-upstream-to" to change the upstream of a
> branch (or create a new branch from the new upstream).

Thanks. Those commands were introduced in 1.8. Is there a way to do it in 1.7, please?

--Dan

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