From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:28:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] git-clone: add --track <headname> support
Message-ID: <7v3b35i0db.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <461EC5DC.6060903@catalyst.net.nz>

Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> writes:

> If your tree is reasonably clean (so that the implied git-checkout won't
> fail), then on 1.5.1 this Just Works
>
>         git branch --track <branch> origin/<branch>
>         git pull # as needed

At least in theory, with branch.autosetupmerge, you shouldn't
even have to say --track there.  I've never used it myself,
though.