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Re: "remote-tracking branch"?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 11, 2012, 16:46 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> Unfortunately, no concensus terminology for them exist; I find
> myself calling them "the branch you integrate with upstream's
> master", "the branch you forked from origin's topic", etc.

Actually, I take that "no concensus exists" back. "upstream" is probably the closest to the consensus terminology, and that is why "git log master@{upstream}" will give you the history of the remote tracking branch you use to integrate with master.

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