From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 23:53:07 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11] checkout: extend --track with a "fetch" mode to refresh start-point
Message-ID: <xmqqzf1sxqu4.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <01526f43-86aa-466f-a1e8-054284e1a2e1@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:
> Don't we want to avoid creating a branch with an ambiguous upstream so 
> that a subsequent "git pull" works though? Looking at 
> branch.c:setup_tracking() it seems to reject upstream branches that 
> match more than one remote.

Yes.  We may try to avoid creating misconfigured branches in the
first place, but we'd want to make sure other parts of the system
that consumes existing branches to behave as sensible as possible,
no?

Thanks.