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Re: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: enhance branch.<name>.{remote,merge}

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Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 29, 2009, 01:38 UTC
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On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Santi Béjar <santi@agolina.net> wrote:
>  branch.<name>.merge::
> +       It defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the tracking branch
> +       for the current branch. It tells 'git-fetch'/'git-pull' which
> +       branch to merge.

I think it would be clearer to say "the upstream branch for the current branch", since it could very well be a local branch, not necessarily a remote tracking branch.

j.
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Message 3 of 13 in “push.default and branch.<name>.{remote,merge} changes”
  1. 0/4 push.default and branch.<name>.{remote,merge} changesSanti Béjar, Mar 28, 2009
  2. 1/4 Documentation: enhance branch.<name>.{remote,merge}Santi Béjar, Mar 28, 2009
  3. Jay SoffianMar 29, 2009
  4. Santi BéjarMar 29, 2009
  5. 2/4 Documentation: push.default applies to all remotesSanti Béjar, Mar 28, 2009
  6. 3/4 Documentation: branch.*.merge can also afect 'git-push'Santi Béjar, Mar 28, 2009
  7. 4/4 Rename push.default to push.styleSanti Béjar, Mar 28, 2009
  8. Finn Arne GangstadMar 30, 2009
  9. Johannes SchindelinMar 30, 2009
  10. Santi BéjarMar 30, 2009
  11. Santi BéjarMar 30, 2009
  12. Jeff KingMar 30, 2009
  13. Santi BéjarMar 30, 2009

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