Re: [PATCH] git push --track

From: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 14, 2010, 01:27 UTC
Message-ID: <be6fef0d1001131727r128c7727td2b948018d308719@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <op.u6g8jnixg402ra@nb-04>

Hi,

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Rudolf Polzer <divVerent@alientrap.org> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> I'd like a feature to automatically "transform" a non-tracking local branch
> into a tracking branch on push. A patch to do that is attached.
>
> Usage:
>
> git branch mybranch
> git checkout mybranch
> ...
> git push --track origin mybranch:mybranch
>
> will not just perform the push, but also write a block
>
> [branch "mybranch"]
>        remote = origin
>        merge = refs/heads/mybranch
>
> to the git configuration so the branch becomes tracking.
>
> This should be a simpler alternative to the otherwise usual procedure
>
> git push origin mybranch:mybranch
> git config branch.mybranch.remote origin
> git config branch.mybranch.merge refs/heads/mybranch
>
> Are there any chances for this getting added to official git - or an
> alternate convenient way convert a local to a tracking branch?

before I put up my comments on the patch, I wonder if git-push is the best place to add this feature, as git-push usually deals with "pushing" data to another repo.

I think git-branch would be a better place to do this.

-- 
Cheers,
Ray Chuan