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creating tracking branches with git gui

Subject: creating tracking branches with git gui

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4 messages between May 7, 2008 and May 9, 2008.

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Sitaram Chamarty· May 7, 2008, 08:04 UTC · lore

Hello,

Using git gui to create tracking branches only creates the local branch, but does not establish tracking. Using the command "git branch newbr origin/newbr" works as expected of course.

I clicked on "Branch", then "Create", chose the "Match Tracking Branch Name" radio button, chose the appropriate branch (origin/newbr) in the list below, then finally hit Create at the bottom right.

I can write up a more detailed note if required but I thought I'd ask if this was a bug in my understanding first :-)

Thanks,

Sitaram

Sitaram Chamarty· May 8, 2008, 03:06 UTC · re: Sitaram Chamarty · lore

Re: creating tracking branches with git gui

Can someone help me with this please or at least put me out of my misery? :-)

Over on another thread I found a config variable called gui.matchtrackingbranch, but setting that to true only saved me a mouse click -- it didn't really create the tracking, as seen by "git remote show origin".

Thanks,

Sitaram

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hello,
>
>  Using git gui to create tracking branches only creates the local
>  branch, but does not establish tracking.  Using the command "git
>  branch newbr origin/newbr" works as expected of course.
>
>  I clicked on "Branch", then "Create", chose the "Match Tracking Branch
>  Name" radio button, chose the appropriate branch (origin/newbr) in the
>  list below, then finally hit Create at the bottom right.
>
>  I can write up a more detailed note if required but I thought I'd ask
>  if this was a bug in my understanding first :-)
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Sitaram
>

Shawn O. Pearce· May 8, 2008, 23:41 UTC · re: Sitaram Chamarty · lore

Re: creating tracking branches with git gui

Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com> wrote:

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> 
> Over on another thread I found a config variable called
> gui.matchtrackingbranch, but setting that to true only saved me a
> mouse click -- it didn't really create the tracking, as seen by "git
> remote show origin".

Yea, I think that option actually predates the --track thing that git-branch does these days. Its designed to save a mouse click if you are working in a corporate centralized repository model and need to switch branches multiple times per day, always grabbing the latest from the centralized repository when possible.

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> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Using git gui to create tracking branches only creates the local
> >  branch, but does not establish tracking.  Using the command "git
> >  branch newbr origin/newbr" works as expected of course.
> >
> >  I clicked on "Branch", then "Create", chose the "Match Tracking Branch
> >  Name" radio button, chose the appropriate branch (origin/newbr) in the
> >  list below, then finally hit Create at the bottom right.

Right.

I don't use the --track feature (branch.$name.remote, branch.$name.merge) in my own work, so I have never had the desire or need to make sure that git-gui sets this up for you.

I'll try to work up a patch this evening.

-- 
Shawn.

Sitaram Chamarty· May 9, 2008, 18:20 UTC · re: Shawn O. Pearce · lore

Re: creating tracking branches with git gui

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 5:11 AM, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:

> Yea, I think that option actually predates the --track thing that
> git-branch does these days.  Its designed to save a mouse click if

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> I don't use the --track feature (branch.$name.remote, branch.$name.merge)
> in my own work, so I have never had the desire or need to make sure that
> git-gui sets this up for you.
>
> I'll try to work up a patch this evening.

Thanks -- I appreciate it.

The tracking feature is very useful; even though I understand the whole refspec syntax perfectly well I still use this feature.

And I'm trying to propagate git at my job and every bit helps.

Besides, it's a bit hard to explain to folks why the widgets are called "Match Tracking Branch Name" and "Tracking Branch" but the branch is not actually tracked :-)