Re: Where/how to create tracking branches?

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Feb 19, 2007, 19:43 UTC
Message-ID: <7vy7mu6ihj.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <17881.54325.475907.468492@lisa.zopyra.com>

Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com> writes:

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> What is the recommended way to create tracking branches in my private
> repo if I first create the corresponding topic branch in my private
> repo and want to publish it via a public repo?
>
> Scenario:
>
> [my private repo]
> % git checkout -b topic
> [work, work, work, commit]
> % git push /public/repo/project topic:topic

So at this point the public shared repository has refs/heads/topic branch you and colleagues can work on together. So I am puzzled about this part...

> Do I have to create the topic branch in my public repo first?  This
> seems crazy,...

because you did do so and I do not think it is crazy.

Maybe you meant "do I create tracking branch for 'topic' in public?", in which case the answer is no.

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> I tried this:
>
> % git pull /public/repo/project topic:origin/topic
>
> But it created a topic branch named "origin/topic" instead of a tracking
> branch.

Assuming your clone was initially made from /public/repo/project, doesn't "git fetch" without _any_ parameter work?

	$ git fetch