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Re: [PATCH] Introduce <branch>@{tracked} as shortcut to the tracked branch

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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Sep 10, 2009, 14:17 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin venit, vidit, dixit 10.09.2009 15:35:
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> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Johan Herland wrote:
> 
>> I think I vote for the second option, renaming 'git branch --track' 
>> to 'git branch --upstream', and s/@{tracked}/@{upstream}/.
> 
> That does not make any sense, as that --track is to be understood as a 
> verb.  How do you "upstream a branch"?
Well, that brunch also got its granma wrong tho his speeling is right ;)
Seriously: In
git branch --track branch1 branch2

who tracks whom if you read "--track" as a verb? So, "--track" can only be understood as an attribute to the main (first) argument, saying it's tracking something. Just as --upstream could be read as an attribute meaning "has an upstream".

(Note also how different this is from how -b works for checkout, -b actually taking an argument: git checkout -b branch1 branch2)

Cheers, Michael

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  8. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2009
  9. Michael J GruberSep 7, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2009
  11. Jeff KingSep 7, 2009
  12. Michael J GruberSep 7, 2009
  13. Jeff KingSep 7, 2009
  14. Johannes SchindelinSep 7, 2009
  15. Michael J GruberSep 7, 2009
  16. Julian PhillipsSep 8, 2009
  17. Jeff KingSep 9, 2009
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2009
  19. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  20. Introduce <branch>@{tracked} as shortcut to the tracked branchJohannes Schindelin, Sep 10, 2009
  21. Michael J GruberSep 10, 2009
  22. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  23. Johan HerlandSep 10, 2009
  24. Michael J GruberSep 10, 2009
  25. Johan HerlandSep 10, 2009
  26. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  27. Michael J GruberSep 10, 2009
  28. Jeff KingSep 10, 2009
  29. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2009
  30. Björn SteinbrinkOct 2, 2009
  31. Jeff KingSep 10, 2009
  32. Jeff KingSep 10, 2009
  33. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  34. Introduce <branch>@{upstream} as shortcut to the tracked branchJohannes Schindelin, Sep 10, 2009
  35. Jeff KingSep 10, 2009
  36. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  37. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  38. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2009
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