Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] branch: move --set-upstream-to behavior to setup_tracking()

>> +void setup_tracking(const char *new_ref, const char *orig_ref,
>> +			   enum branch_track track, int quiet, int expand_orig)
>> +{
>> +	struct tracking tracking;
>> +	int config_flags = quiet ? 0 : BRANCH_CONFIG_VERBOSE;
>> +	char *full_orig_ref;
>> +	struct object_id unused_oid;
>> +
>> +	memset(&tracking, 0, sizeof(tracking));
>> +	if (expand_orig)
>> +		validate_branch_start(the_repository, orig_ref, track, &unused_oid, &full_orig_ref);
>> +	else
>> +		full_orig_ref = xstrdup(orig_ref);
>> +
>> +	tracking.spec.dst = full_orig_ref;
>> +	if (for_each_remote(find_tracked_branch, &tracking))
>> +		goto cleanup;
>> +
>> +	if (!tracking.matches)
>> +		switch (track) {
>> +		case BRANCH_TRACK_ALWAYS:
>> +		case BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT:
>> +		case BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE:
>> +			break;
>
> This heavily conflicts with what another topic "inherit tracking
> info from the other branch" wants to do to this function.  What's 
> the status of that topic, by the way?  Should we block this one
> waiting for the other, or the other way around?
>
> Thanks.