Re: [PATCH] branch: optionally setup branch.*.merge from upstream local branches

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Feb 18, 2008, 13:24 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0802181320200.30505@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <76718490802180440o3041b1ffh4764199e2aeaa52b@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, Jay Soffian wrote:

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> On Feb 18, 2008 7:14 AM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, Jay Soffian wrote:
> >
> > > -static int branch_track = 1;
> > > +static enum branch_track branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_FALSE;
> >
> > That is a clear regression.
> 
> Perhaps. It's consistent with builtin-checkout.c though (which was 
> initializing it to 0). Who to believe?

Well, in the way _you_ implemented it, it is a clear regression, since _your_ patch changes the 1 to a 0.

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> > Personally, I have no problem with typing "git merge <branch>" in your 
> > workflow.  I would even avoid saying "git pull" for obviously-local 
> > branches, because I would have forgotten which branch it tracked 
> > originally.
> 
> Um, well, apply this patch, set branch.autosetupmerge=always and then 
> branch.*.merge will tell you which branch it tracked originally. :-)

That's what I meant. Rather than _looking it up_, and then saying "git pull", I'd do "git merge <branch>" _directly_. One command. Not two.

> Aside, then how do you figure out the upstream branch is if you've 
> forgotten?

Well, that's easy.  I would look at the output of "git show-branch --all".

But then, I usually do not care too much which branch I branched off, but which branch to merge with/rebase on.

Ciao, Dscho