Re: connecting the local main branch to the remote origin/main without pushing

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Dec 28, 2024, 19:39 UTC
Message-ID: <87cyhbk35g.fsf@igel.home>
In-Reply-To: <20241228190827.GB815586@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On Dez 28 2024, Jeff King wrote:

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> On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 06:15:01PM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>
>> On Dez 28 2024, crstml@libero.it wrote:
>> 
>> > My question is:
>> >      Is it possible when applying the method 2 to have (without pushing)
>> >      the local main branch connected to the remote origin/main branch as
>> >      in the case of method 1 which by cloning connects these branches.
>> 
>> You can establish the effect by setting two config entries:
>> 
>> $ git config branch.main.remote origin
>> $ git config branch.main.merge refs/heads/main
>
> Also:
>
>   git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/main main
>
> (sets the same config variables, but maybe a little more ergonomic).

That does not work if origin/main does not exist yet.

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