# git branch --track to link existing local branch to remote? 4 messages from 2010-05-25 to 2010-05-26. Participants: skillzero@gmail.com, Björn Steinbrink, Joshua Jensen, Michael J Gruber. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/23904 ## skillzero@gmail.com, 2010-05-25 19:40 Subject: git branch --track to link existing local branch to remote? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTinxohzZE6uinzYPIAx3iVjw7afDLsr9MPMUAvHj%40mail.gmail.com ``` Is there a way to link a local branch, which already exists, to a remote branch without editing the git config file? I create a local repository and committed some changes, created a remote repository, added the remote to the local repository, and then pushed the local branch to the remote. Now the local master points to the same commit as origin/master. However, the branches aren't linked in the config file so I can't just do git pull. I know I can manually edit the config file (as the error message on git pull says), but it seems like 'git branch --track master origin/master' should do that automatically, especially if both branches point to the same commit. It currently complains that the branch master already exists and -f doesn't let me replace the current branch. So what I've had to do is create a temp branch, switch to it, do git branch -f --track master origin/master, and then delete the temp branch. Is there a better way? ``` ## Björn Steinbrink, 2010-05-25 19:53 Subject: Re: git branch --track to link existing local branch to remote? Message-ID: <20100525195303.GA8174@atjola.homenet> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20100525195303.GA8174%40atjola.homenet In-Reply-To: ``` On 2010.05.25 12:40:40 -0700, skillzero@gmail.com wrote: > However, the branches aren't linked in the config file so I can't just > do git pull. [...] > So what I've had to do is create a temp branch, switch to it, do git > branch -f --track master origin/master, and then delete the temp > branch. Is there a better way? With git v1.7.0 or newer: git branch --set-upstream master origin/master Björn ``` ## Joshua Jensen, 2010-05-25 19:55 Subject: Re: git branch --track to link existing local branch to remote? Message-ID: <4BFC2B18.2050904@workspacewhiz.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4BFC2B18.2050904%40workspacewhiz.com In-Reply-To: ``` skillzero@gmail.com wrote: > Is there a way to link a local branch, which already exists, to a > remote branch without editing the git config file? git branch --set-upstream Josh ``` ## Michael J Gruber, 2010-05-26 08:46 Subject: [PATCH] completion: --set-upstream option for git-branch Message-ID: <72c4f4098dea94e21d44b8f76965ff1cb26eab72.1274863387.git.git@drmicha.warpmail.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/72c4f4098dea94e21d44b8f76965ff1cb26eab72.1274863387.git.git%40drmicha.warpmail.net In-Reply-To: <20100525195303.GA8174@atjola.homenet> ``` Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber --- On that note, I'm still wondering what's wrong with this one ;) contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash index 545bd4b..57245a8 100755 --- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash +++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash @@ -797,6 +797,7 @@ _git_branch () __gitcomp " --color --no-color --verbose --abbrev= --no-abbrev --track --no-track --contains --merged --no-merged + --set-upstream " ;; *) -- 1.7.1.345.g59eb63 ```