Re: connecting the local main branch to the remote origin/main without pushing

From: crstml@libero.it <crstml@libero.it>
Date: Dec 29, 2024, 10:01 UTC
Message-ID: <5dfb85a8-2e26-92f8-e3f9-5e3fb89ca43a@libero.it>
In-Reply-To: <87h66nk9uy.fsf@igel.home>

Andreas Schwab wrote:

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> On Dez 28 2024, crstml@libero.it wrote:
> 
>> My question is:
>>       Is it possible when applying the method 2 to have (without pushing)
>>       the local main branch connected to the remote origin/main branch as
>>       in the case of method 1 which by cloning connects these branches.
> 
> You can establish the effect by setting two config entries:
> 
> $ git config branch.main.remote origin
> $ git config branch.main.merge refs/heads/main
>

Indeed.

By making a diff between a folder containing a cloned empty repository (method 1) and an empty folder in which "git init" and "git remote" were run (method 2) the only difference is in the .git/config file. In the cloned version the file contains the following section:

[branch "main"]
         remote = origin
         merge = refs/heads/main

These commands add exactly this section to the file.

"git branch -u" does exactly the same thing when connecting a local branch to an existing remote branch. It adds this section. "git push ---set-upstream" also does the same thing.

It would be nice if "git branch -u" would work for an empty remote repository and allow us to set the upstream branch.

Cristian