Re: setting up tracking on push

From: John M. Dlugosz <ngnr63q02@sneakemail.com>
Date: Mar 15, 2009, 03:28 UTC
Message-ID: <4845-91917@sneakemail.com>
In-Reply-To: <76718490903111814t1ab90a39h9252d0ccf8af05c4@mail.gmail.com>

Jay Soffian jaysoffian-at-gmail.com |git| wrote:

> - The branches under refs/remotes (those shown by "git branch -r") are
> remote tracking branches.

 > So that tells git fetch where to fetch from, which remote branches to

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> fetch, and where to store those branches locally. In this case, each
> branch under refs/heads/ on git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
> will be fetched and stored locally as refs/remotes/origin/. Locally
> the branches are called "remote tracking branches".
>
>

Things under refs/remotes are remote tracking branches, and local branches (under refs/heads) that automatically updated based on a fetch ("store locally" means merge or rebase, right?) are also called remote tracking branches.

I think that's why some of us are confused.

--John