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Re: [PATCH] Introduce <branch>@{tracked} as shortcut to the tracked branch

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 10, 2009, 18:29 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:18:06PM +0200, Johan Herland wrote:
>
>> > > A special shortcut '@{tracked}' refers to the branch tracked by the
>> > > current branch.
>> >
>> > Sorry, I didn't know the name of the long form was up for discussion.
>> > But it should certainly coincide with the key which for-each-ref
>> > uses, shouldn't it? I don't care whether tracked or upstream, but
>> > for-each-ref's "upstream" has set the precedent.
>> 
>> ...and 'git branch --track' set an even earlier precedent...
>
> FWIW, that came about from this discussion:
>
>   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/115765

After re-reading the discussion in the thread that contains the quoted article, it sounds like we may want to fix "branch --track X Y". X does not "track" Y in the same sense as origin/master "tracks" master at origin. Rather, X builds on Y.

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  2. Michael J GruberSep 4, 2009
  3. Jeff KingSep 4, 2009
  4. Björn SteinbrinkSep 4, 2009
  5. Jeff KingSep 5, 2009
  6. Björn SteinbrinkSep 5, 2009
  7. Jeff KingSep 5, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2009
  9. Michael J GruberSep 7, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2009
  11. Jeff KingSep 7, 2009
  12. Michael J GruberSep 7, 2009
  13. Jeff KingSep 7, 2009
  14. Johannes SchindelinSep 7, 2009
  15. Michael J GruberSep 7, 2009
  16. Julian PhillipsSep 8, 2009
  17. Jeff KingSep 9, 2009
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2009
  19. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  20. Introduce <branch>@{tracked} as shortcut to the tracked branchJohannes Schindelin, Sep 10, 2009
  21. Michael J GruberSep 10, 2009
  22. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  23. Johan HerlandSep 10, 2009
  24. Michael J GruberSep 10, 2009
  25. Johan HerlandSep 10, 2009
  26. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  27. Michael J GruberSep 10, 2009
  28. Jeff KingSep 10, 2009
  29. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2009
  30. Björn SteinbrinkOct 2, 2009
  31. Jeff KingSep 10, 2009
  32. Jeff KingSep 10, 2009
  33. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  34. Introduce <branch>@{upstream} as shortcut to the tracked branchJohannes Schindelin, Sep 10, 2009
  35. Jeff KingSep 10, 2009
  36. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  37. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  38. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2009
  39. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2009

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