From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:18:06 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git push --track Message-ID: <7vska7z0yp.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <87y6k06wgz.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Miles Bader writes: >> And it doesn't add --track to the UI. > > That's not a positive... Oh, that is definitely a *HUGE* plus. I wouldn't go so far as to say that the word --track was a mistake. But the thing is, unfortunately it has already been contaminated by people using it in two completely different ways and ended up confusing new people. Some use it to mean "this branch forked off of and builds on top of", and others use it to mean "this ref holds a copy for reference purposes".