patch, 10 partsChange "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"

Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt, t/t7508-status.sh, wt-status.c

diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
index ecab0c0..9b17a71 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ $ git status
 #
 #       new file: closing.txt
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #
 #       modified: file.txt
diff --git a/t/t7508-status.sh b/t/t7508-status.sh
index c9300f3..bfb47a2 100755
--- a/t/t7508-status.sh
+++ b/t/t7508-status.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 # Changes to be committed:
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #	modified:   dir1/modified
 #
 # Untracked files:
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 # Changes to be committed:
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #	modified:   dir1/modified
 #
 # Untracked files not listed
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	new file:   ../dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	<GREEN>new file:   dir2/added<RESET>
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #	new file:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #	new file:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ test_expect_success 'status -s submodule summary' '
 
 cat >expect <<EOF
 # On branch master
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #	new file:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ cat > expect << EOF
 #
 #	modified:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ cat > expect << EOF
 #
 #	modified:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #   (commit or discard the untracked or modified content in submodules)
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ cat > expect << EOF
 #
 #	modified:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ test_expect_success ".git/config ignore=dirty doesn't suppress submodule summary
 
 cat > expect << EOF
 # On branch master
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changed but not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index fc2438f..afb3c78 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static void wt_status_print_dirty_header(struct wt_status *s,
 {
 	const char *c = color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s);
 
-	color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Changed but not updated:");
+	color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Changed but not staged for commit:");
 	if (!advice_status_hints)
 		return;
 	if (!has_deleted)

Documentation/config.txt, Documentation/fetch-options.txt, Documentation/git-log.txt, Documentation/git-pull.txt, Documentation/git-remote.txt, Documentation/gittutorial.txt, Documentation/rev-list-options.txt, Documentation/user-manual.txt, builtin/checkout.c, t/t5513-fetch-track.sh

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 538ebb5..e625d6a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ color.diff.<slot>::
 color.decorate.<slot>::
 	Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output.  `<slot>` is one
 	of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
-	branches, remote tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
+	branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
 
 color.grep::
 	When set to `always`, always highlight matches.  When `false` (or
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index 470ac31..a435c23 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
 
 -p::
 --prune::
-	After fetching, remove any remote tracking branches which
+	After fetching, remove any remote-tracking branches which
 	no longer exist	on the remote.
 endif::git-pull[]
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 6d40f00..ff41784 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
 git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
 
 	Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
-	any of remote tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
+	any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
 	origin doesn't).
 
 git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index c50f7dc..33e8438 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ With `--rebase`, it runs 'git rebase' instead of 'git merge'.
 <repository> should be the name of a remote repository as
 passed to linkgit:git-fetch[1].  <refspec> can name an
 arbitrary remote ref (for example, the name of a tag) or even
-a collection of refs with corresponding remote tracking branches
+a collection of refs with corresponding remote-tracking branches
 (e.g., refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*), but usually it is
 the name of a branch in the remote repository.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 0d28feb..5e4989d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ was passed.
 
 'rename'::
 
-Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote tracking branches and
+Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote-tracking branches and
 configuration settings for the remote are updated.
 +
 In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ the configuration file format.
 
 'rm'::
 
-Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and
+Remove the remote named <name>. All remote-tracking branches and
 configuration settings for the remote are removed.
 
 'set-head'::
diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
index 1c16066..f1f4086 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ alice$ git fetch bob
 
 Unlike the longhand form, when Alice fetches from Bob using a
 remote repository shorthand set up with 'git remote', what was
-fetched is stored in a remote tracking branch, in this case
+fetched is stored in a remote-tracking branch, in this case
 `bob/master`.  So after this:
 
 -------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 7a42567..7a1b164 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 	Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/remotes` are listed
 	on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit
-	remote tracking branches to ones matching given shell glob.
+	remote-tracking branches to ones matching given shell glob.
 	If pattern lacks '?', '*', or '[', '/*' at the end is implied.
 
 --glob=<glob-pattern>::
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index fc56da6..d5505e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ may wish to check the original repository for updates and merge them
 into your own work.
 
 We have already seen <<Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch,how to
-keep remote tracking branches up to date>> with linkgit:git-fetch[1],
+keep remote-tracking branches up to date>> with linkgit:git-fetch[1],
 and how to merge two branches.  So you can merge in changes from the
 original repository's master branch with:
 
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 9240faf..9a934af 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 *   With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
 	 *   was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
 	 *   <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
-	 *   to fork local <something> from that remote tracking branch.
+	 *   to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
 	 *
 	 *   Otherwise <something> shall not be ambiguous.
 	 *   - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).
diff --git a/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh b/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh
index 9e74862..65d1e05 100755
--- a/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh
+++ b/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-test_description='fetch follows remote tracking branches correctly'
+test_description='fetch follows remote-tracking branches correctly'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 

Documentation/everyday.txt, Documentation/git-gc.txt, Documentation/gittutorial.txt, t/t5400-send-pack.sh

diff --git a/Documentation/everyday.txt b/Documentation/everyday.txt
index e0ba8cc..ae413e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/everyday.txt
+++ b/Documentation/everyday.txt
@@ -180,12 +180,12 @@ directory; clone from it to start a repository on the satellite
 machine.
 <2> clone sets these configuration variables by default.
 It arranges `git pull` to fetch and store the branches of mothership
-machine to local `remotes/origin/*` tracking branches.
+machine to local `remotes/origin/*` remote-tracking branches.
 <3> arrange `git push` to push local `master` branch to
 `remotes/satellite/master` branch of the mothership machine.
 <4> push will stash our work away on `remotes/satellite/master`
-tracking branch on the mothership machine.  You could use this as
-a back-up method.
+remote-tracking branch on the mothership machine.  You could use this
+as a back-up method.
 <5> on mothership machine, merge the work done on the satellite
 machine into the master branch.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index 315f07e..801aede 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ are not part of the current project most users will want to expire
 them sooner.  This option defaults to '30 days'.
 
 The above two configuration variables can be given to a pattern.  For
-example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote tracking
+example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote-tracking
 branches:
 
 ------------
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ Notes
 
 'git gc' tries very hard to be safe about the garbage it collects. In
 particular, it will keep not only objects referenced by your current set
-of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index, remote
-tracking branches, refs saved by 'git filter-branch' in
+of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index,
+remote-tracking branches, refs saved by 'git filter-branch' in
 refs/original/, or reflogs (which may reference commits in branches
 that were later amended or rewound).
 
diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
index f1f4086..0982f74 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ could merge the changes into her master branch:
 alice$ git merge bob/master
 -------------------------------------
 
-This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote
-tracking branch', like this:
+This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote-tracking
+branch', like this:
 
 -------------------------------------
 alice$ git pull . remotes/bob/master
diff --git a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
index 5bcf0b8..b0b2684 100755
--- a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
+++ b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ test_expect_success 'denyNonFastforwards trumps --force' '
 	test "$victim_orig" = "$victim_head"
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'push --all excludes remote tracking hierarchy' '
+test_expect_success 'push --all excludes remote-tracking hierarchy' '
 	mkdir parent &&
 	(
 	    cd parent &&

Documentation/config.txt, Documentation/git-fetch.txt, Documentation/git-pull.txt, Documentation/git-remote.txt, Documentation/git-tag.txt, Documentation/glossary-content.txt, Documentation/user-manual.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e625d6a..e4f16d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ color.branch::
 color.branch.<slot>::
 	Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
 	`current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
-	`remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
+	`remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
 	refs).
 +
 The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ gui.newbranchtemplate::
 	linkgit:git-gui[1].
 
 gui.pruneduringfetch::
-	"true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when
+	"true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
 	performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
 
 gui.trustmtime::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
index d159e88..c76e313 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
 in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`.  This information is left for a later merge
 operation done by 'git merge'.
 
-When <refspec> stores the fetched result in tracking branches,
+When <refspec> stores the fetched result in remote-tracking branches,
 the tags that point at these branches are automatically
 followed.  This is done by first fetching from the remote using
 the given <refspec>s, and if the repository has objects that are
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index 33e8438..54e7013 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ and if there is not any such variable, the value on `URL: ` line
 in `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>` file is used.
 
 In order to determine what remote branches to fetch (and
-optionally store in the tracking branches) when the command is
+optionally store in the remote-tracking branches) when the command is
 run without any refspec parameters on the command line, values
 of the configuration variable `remote.<origin>.fetch` are
 consulted, and if there aren't any, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>`
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
 ------------
 
 A globbing refspec must have a non-empty RHS (i.e. must store
-what were fetched in tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS
+what were fetched in remote-tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS
 must end with `/*`.  The above specifies that all remote
-branches are tracked using tracking branches in
+branches are tracked using remote-tracking branches in
 `refs/remotes/origin/` hierarchy under the same name.
 
 The rule to determine which remote branch to merge after
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 5e4989d..c258ea4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with
 
 'prune'::
 
-Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
+Deletes all stale remote-tracking branches under <name>.
 These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
 referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
 "remotes/<name>".
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 31c78a8..8b169e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ On Automatic following
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 If you are following somebody else's tree, you are most likely
-using tracking branches (`refs/heads/origin` in traditional
+using remote-tracking branches (`refs/heads/origin` in traditional
 layout, or `refs/remotes/origin/master` in the separate-remote
 layout).  You usually want the tags from the other end.
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ this case.
 It may well be that among networking people, they may want to
 exchange the tags internal to their group, but in that workflow
 they are most likely tracking with each other's progress by
-having tracking branches.  Again, the heuristic to automatically
+having remote-tracking branches.  Again, the heuristic to automatically
 follow such tags is a good thing.
 
 
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 1f029f8..a76de62 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ to point at the new commit.
 	you have. In such these cases, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>>
 	<<def_commit,commit>> but instead just update to his
 	revision. This will happen frequently on a
-	<<def_tracking_branch,tracking branch>> of a remote
+	<<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branch>> of a remote
 	<<def_repository,repository>>.
 
 [[def_fetch]]fetch::
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 	The default upstream <<def_repository,repository>>. Most projects have
 	at least one upstream project which they track. By default
 	'origin' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates
-	will be fetched into remote <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branches>> named
+	will be fetched into remote <<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branches>> named
 	origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using
 	`git branch -r`.
 
@@ -418,11 +418,11 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 	that each contain very well defined concepts or small incremental yet
 	related changes.
 
-[[def_tracking_branch]]tracking branch::
+[[def_remote_tracking_branch]]remote-tracking branch::
 	A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from
 	another <<def_repository,repository>>. A tracking
 	branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits
-	made to it. A tracking branch can usually be
+	made to it. A remote-tracking branch can usually be
 	identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull:
 	<<def_refspec,refspec>>.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index d5505e8..d7835ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ linux-nfs/master
 origin/master
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-If you run "git fetch <remote>" later, the tracking branches for the
+If you run "git fetch <remote>" later, the remote-tracking branches for the
 named <remote> will be updated.
 
 If you examine the file .git/config, you will see that git has added

builtin/checkout.c, builtin/fetch.c, remote.c

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 9a934af..1fa9ce4 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 *   between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
 	 *
 	 *   With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
-	 *   was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
+	 *   was given, and there is a remote-tracking branch whose name is
 	 *   <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
 	 *   to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
 	 *
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index d35f000..3b0b614 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static struct option builtin_fetch_options[] = {
 	OPT_SET_INT('n', NULL, &tags,
 		    "do not fetch all tags (--no-tags)", TAGS_UNSET),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "prune", &prune,
-		    "prune tracking branches no longer on remote"),
+		    "prune remote-tracking branches no longer on remote"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &dry_run,
 		    "dry run"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('k', "keep", &keep, "keep downloaded pack"),
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void add_merge_config(struct ref **head,
 			continue;
 
 		/*
-		 * Not fetched to a tracking branch?  We need to fetch
+		 * Not fetched to a remote-tracking branch?  We need to fetch
 		 * it anyway to allow this branch's "branch.$name.merge"
 		 * to be honored by 'git pull', but we do not have to
 		 * fail if branch.$name.merge is misconfigured to point
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 9143ec7..ca42a12 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ static void read_config(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * We need to make sure the tracking branches are well formed, but a
+ * We need to make sure the remote-tracking branches are well formed, but a
  * wildcard refspec in "struct refspec" must have a trailing slash. We
  * temporarily drop the trailing '/' while calling check_ref_format(),
  * and put it back.  The caller knows that a CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ONELEVEL

Documentation/config.txt, Documentation/git-branch.txt, Documentation/git-checkout.txt, Documentation/git-clone.txt, Documentation/git-describe.txt, Documentation/user-manual.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e4f16d8..6a6c0b5 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -601,8 +601,9 @@ branch.autosetupmerge::
 	this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
 	and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
 	automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
-	starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is
-	done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote
+	starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
+	automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
+	local branch or remote-tracking
 	branch. This option defaults to true.
 
 branch.autosetuprebase::
@@ -613,7 +614,7 @@ branch.autosetuprebase::
 	When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
 	other local branches.
 	When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
-	remote branches.
+	remote-tracking branches.
 	When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
 	branches.
 	See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 1940256..7f23c56 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the
 working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the
 new branch.
 
-When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the
+When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, git sets up the
 branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from
-the remote branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
+the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
 `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
 overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options.
 
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	Move/rename a branch even if the new branch name already exists.
 
 --color[=<when>]::
-	Color branches to highlight current, local, and remote branches.
+	Color branches to highlight current, local, and
+	remote-tracking branches.
 	The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
 
 --no-color::
@@ -125,11 +126,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	it directs `git pull` without arguments to pull from the
 	upstream when the new branch is checked out.
 +
-This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote branch.
+This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch.
 Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you
 want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if '--no-track'
 were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
-start-point is either a local or remote branch.
+start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
 
 --no-track::
 	Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 22d3611..880763d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored.
 	"--track" in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
 +
 If no '-b' option is given, the name of the new branch will be
-derived from the remote branch.  If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/"
+derived from the remote-tracking branch.  If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/"
 is prefixed it is stripped away, and then the part up to the
 next slash (which would be the nickname of the remote) is removed.
 This would tell us to use "hack" as the local branch when branching
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index ab72933..2320382 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 	Set up a mirror of the source repository.  This implies `--bare`.
 	Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` not only maps local branches of the
 	source to local branches of the target, it maps all refs (including
-	remote branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such
+	remote-tracking branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such
 	that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the
 	target repository.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index 7ef9d51..02e015a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ OPTIONS
 --all::
 	Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any ref
 	found in `.git/refs/`.  This option enables matching
-	any known branch, remote branch, or lightweight tag.
+	any known branch, remote-tracking branch, or lightweight tag.
 
 --tags::
 	Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index d7835ca..d70f3e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1724,7 +1724,8 @@ accomplish the above with just a simple
 $ git pull
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-More generally, a branch that is created from a remote branch will pull
+More generally, a branch that is created from a remote-tracking branch
+will pull
 by default from that branch.  See the descriptions of the
 branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge options in
 linkgit:git-config[1], and the discussion of the `--track` option in
@@ -2106,7 +2107,7 @@ $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
 $ cd work
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-Linus's tree will be stored in the remote branch named origin/master,
+Linus's tree will be stored in the remote-tracking branch named origin/master,
 and can be updated using linkgit:git-fetch[1]; you can track other
 public trees using linkgit:git-remote[1] to set up a "remote" and
 linkgit:git-fetch[1] to keep them up-to-date; see
@@ -2800,8 +2801,8 @@ Be aware that commits that the old version of example/master pointed at
 may be lost, as we saw in the previous section.
 
 [[remote-branch-configuration]]
-Configuring remote branches
----------------------------
+Configuring remote-tracking branches
+------------------------------------
 
 We saw above that "origin" is just a shortcut to refer to the
 repository that you originally cloned from.  This information is

branch.h, builtin/fetch.c, builtin/remote.c, contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c, t/t5505-remote.sh, t/t7608-merge-messages.sh

diff --git a/branch.h b/branch.h
index eed817a..2004632 100644
--- a/branch.h
+++ b/branch.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, const char *name, const char *start_name,
 void remove_branch_state(void);
 
 /*
- * Configure local branch "local" to merge remote branch "remote"
+ * Configure local branch "local" to merge remote-tracking branch "remote"
  * taken from origin "origin".
  */
 #define BRANCH_CONFIG_VERBOSE 01
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 3b0b614..4243ef0 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *raw_url, const char *remote_name,
 			what = rm->name + 10;
 		}
 		else if (!prefixcmp(rm->name, "refs/remotes/")) {
-			kind = "remote branch";
+			kind = "remote-tracking branch";
 			what = rm->name + 13;
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index e9a6e09..4149e30 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static int add_branch_for_removal(const char *refname,
 			return 0;
 	}
 
-	/* don't delete non-remote refs */
+	/* don't delete non-remote-tracking refs */
 	if (prefixcmp(refname, "refs/remotes")) {
 		/* advise user how to delete local branches */
 		if (!prefixcmp(refname, "refs/heads/"))
@@ -791,9 +791,9 @@ static int rm(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	if (skipped.nr) {
 		fprintf(stderr, skipped.nr == 1 ?
-			"Note: A non-remote branch was not removed; "
+			"Note: A non-remote-tracking branch was not removed; "
 			"to delete it, use:\n" :
-			"Note: Non-remote branches were not removed; "
+			"Note: Non-remote-tracking branches were not removed; "
 			"to delete them, use:\n");
 		for (i = 0; i < skipped.nr; i++)
 			fprintf(stderr, "  git branch -d %s\n",
diff --git a/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c b/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c
index cd10dbc..3140e40 100644
--- a/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c
+++ b/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int append_fetch_head(FILE *fp,
 		what = remote_name + 10;
 	}
 	else if (!strncmp(remote_name, "refs/remotes/", 13)) {
-		kind = "remote branch";
+		kind = "remote-tracking branch";
 		what = remote_name + 13;
 	}
 	else {
diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
index 5d1c66e..48eeba3 100755
--- a/t/t5505-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
@@ -107,16 +107,16 @@ test_expect_success 'remove remote' '
 )
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'remove remote protects non-remote branches' '
+test_expect_success 'remove remote protects non-remote-tracking branches' '
 (
 	cd test &&
 	{ cat >expect1 <<EOF
-Note: A non-remote branch was not removed; to delete it, use:
+Note: A non-remote-tracking branch was not removed; to delete it, use:
   git branch -d master
 EOF
 	} &&
 	{ cat >expect2 <<EOF
-Note: Non-remote branches were not removed; to delete them, use:
+Note: Non-remote-tracking branches were not removed; to delete them, use:
   git branch -d foobranch
   git branch -d master
 EOF
diff --git a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
index 28d5679..1c71296 100755
--- a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
+++ b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ test_expect_success 'ambiguous tag' '
 	check_oneline "Merge commit QambiguousQ"
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'remote branch' '
+test_expect_success 'remote-tracking branch' '
 	git checkout -b remote master &&
 	test_commit remote-1 &&
 	git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/master remote &&

builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c, builtin/merge.c, t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh, t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh, t/t7608-merge-messages.sh

diff --git a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
index 78c7774..5189b16 100644
--- a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
+++ b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ static int handle_line(char *line)
 		origin = line;
 		string_list_append(&src_data->tag, origin + 4);
 		src_data->head_status |= 2;
-	} else if (!prefixcmp(line, "remote branch ")) {
-		origin = line + 14;
+	} else if (!prefixcmp(line, "remote-tracking branch ")) {
+		origin = line + strlen("remote-tracking branch ");
 		string_list_append(&src_data->r_branch, origin);
 		src_data->head_status |= 2;
 	} else {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static void do_fmt_merge_msg_title(struct strbuf *out,
 		if (src_data->r_branch.nr) {
 			strbuf_addstr(out, subsep);
 			subsep = ", ";
-			print_joined("remote branch ", "remote branches ",
+			print_joined("remote-tracking branch ", "remote-tracking branches ",
 					&src_data->r_branch, out);
 		}
 		if (src_data->tag.nr) {
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 10f091b..9ec13f1 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 		if (!prefixcmp(found_ref, "refs/remotes/")) {
-			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tremote branch '%s' of .\n",
+			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tremote-tracking branch '%s' of .\n",
 				    sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
diff --git a/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh b/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh
index 8c8dfda..a455551 100755
--- a/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh
+++ b/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ test_expect_success 'merge my-side@{u} records the correct name' '
 	git branch -t new my-side@{u} &&
 	git merge -s ours new@{u} &&
 	git show -s --pretty=format:%s >actual &&
-	echo "Merge remote branch ${sq}origin/side${sq}" >expect &&
+	echo "Merge remote-tracking branch ${sq}origin/side${sq}" >expect &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 )
 '
diff --git a/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh b/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
index 74161a4..19341e5 100755
--- a/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
+++ b/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase -p fakes interactive rebase' '
 	git fetch &&
 	git rebase -p origin/topic &&
 	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Modify A" | wc -l) &&
-	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Merge remote branch " | wc -l)
+	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Merge remote-tracking branch " | wc -l)
 	)
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
index 1c71296..9225fa6 100755
--- a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
+++ b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ test_expect_success 'remote-tracking branch' '
 	git checkout master &&
 	test_commit master-5 &&
 	git merge origin/master &&
-	check_oneline "Merge remote branch Qorigin/masterQ"
+	check_oneline "Merge remote-tracking branch Qorigin/masterQ"
 '
 
 test_done

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index d70f3e0..02126f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -359,6 +359,11 @@ $ git branch -r
   origin/todo
 ------------------------------------------------
 
+In this case, "origin" is called a remote repository, or "remote" for
+short. The branches of this repository are called "remote branches"
+from our point of view, and Git will maintain a copy of these
+branches, called "remote-tracking branches" in the local repository.
+
 You cannot check out these remote-tracking branches, but you can
 examine them on a branch of your own, just as you would a tag:
 
@@ -1716,6 +1721,10 @@ one step:
 $ git pull origin master
 -------------------------------------------------
 
+This command will fetch the changes from the remote branch to your
+remote-tracking branch `origin/master`, and merge the result in the
+current branch.
+
 In fact, if you have "master" checked out, then by default "git pull"
 merges from the HEAD branch of the origin repository.  So often you can
 accomplish the above with just a simple

@@ -1716,14 +1721,19 @@ one step:
 $ git pull origin master
 -------------------------------------------------

-In fact, if you have "master" checked out, then by default "git pull"
-merges from the HEAD branch of the origin repository.  So often you
-can
+In fact, if you have "master" checked out, then this branch has been
+configured by "git clone" to get changes from the HEAD branch of the
+origin repository.  So often you can
 accomplish the above with just a simple

 -------------------------------------------------
 $ git pull
 -------------------------------------------------

+This command will fetch the changes from the remote branches to your
+remote-tracking branches `origin/*`, and merge default branch in the
+current branch.
+
 More generally, a branch that is created from a remote-tracking
 branch
 will pull
 by default from that branch.  See the descriptions of the


The difficulty is to be technically sound and still helpfull. I've
written "merge default branch" to avoid entering the details of the
--set-upstream stuff, and avoid saying "merge one of the branch"
too ;-).

(the first part of the patch is just to make it technically accurate)

--
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 7f23c56..9106d38 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, git sets up the
 branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from
 the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
 `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
-overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options.
+overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options, and
+changed later using `git branch --set-upstream`.
 
 With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>.
 If <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match

Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt, t/t7508-status.sh, wt-status.c

diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
index ecab0c0..7fe5848 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ $ git status
 #
 #       new file: closing.txt
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #
 #       modified: file.txt
diff --git a/t/t7508-status.sh b/t/t7508-status.sh
index c9300f3..4de3e27 100755
--- a/t/t7508-status.sh
+++ b/t/t7508-status.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 # Changes to be committed:
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #	modified:   dir1/modified
 #
 # Untracked files:
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 # Changes to be committed:
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #	modified:   dir1/modified
 #
 # Untracked files not listed
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	new file:   ../dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	<GREEN>new file:   dir2/added<RESET>
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #	new file:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #	new file:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ test_expect_success 'status -s submodule summary' '
 
 cat >expect <<EOF
 # On branch master
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #	new file:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ cat > expect << EOF
 #
 #	modified:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ cat > expect << EOF
 #
 #	modified:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #   (commit or discard the untracked or modified content in submodules)
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ cat > expect << EOF
 #
 #	modified:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ test_expect_success ".git/config ignore=dirty doesn't suppress submodule summary
 
 cat > expect << EOF
 # On branch master
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index fc2438f..d9f3d9f 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static void wt_status_print_dirty_header(struct wt_status *s,
 {
 	const char *c = color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s);
 
-	color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Changed but not updated:");
+	color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Changes not staged for commit:");
 	if (!advice_status_hints)
 		return;
 	if (!has_deleted)

Documentation/config.txt, Documentation/fetch-options.txt, Documentation/git-log.txt, Documentation/git-pull.txt, Documentation/git-remote.txt, Documentation/gittutorial.txt, Documentation/rev-list-options.txt, Documentation/user-manual.txt, builtin/checkout.c, t/t5513-fetch-track.sh

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 538ebb5..e625d6a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ color.diff.<slot>::
 color.decorate.<slot>::
 	Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output.  `<slot>` is one
 	of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
-	branches, remote tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
+	branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
 
 color.grep::
 	When set to `always`, always highlight matches.  When `false` (or
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index 470ac31..a435c23 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
 
 -p::
 --prune::
-	After fetching, remove any remote tracking branches which
+	After fetching, remove any remote-tracking branches which
 	no longer exist	on the remote.
 endif::git-pull[]
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 6d40f00..ff41784 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
 git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
 
 	Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
-	any of remote tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
+	any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
 	origin doesn't).
 
 git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index c50f7dc..33e8438 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ With `--rebase`, it runs 'git rebase' instead of 'git merge'.
 <repository> should be the name of a remote repository as
 passed to linkgit:git-fetch[1].  <refspec> can name an
 arbitrary remote ref (for example, the name of a tag) or even
-a collection of refs with corresponding remote tracking branches
+a collection of refs with corresponding remote-tracking branches
 (e.g., refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*), but usually it is
 the name of a branch in the remote repository.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 0d28feb..5e4989d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ was passed.
 
 'rename'::
 
-Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote tracking branches and
+Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote-tracking branches and
 configuration settings for the remote are updated.
 +
 In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ the configuration file format.
 
 'rm'::
 
-Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and
+Remove the remote named <name>. All remote-tracking branches and
 configuration settings for the remote are removed.
 
 'set-head'::
diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
index 1c16066..f1f4086 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ alice$ git fetch bob
 
 Unlike the longhand form, when Alice fetches from Bob using a
 remote repository shorthand set up with 'git remote', what was
-fetched is stored in a remote tracking branch, in this case
+fetched is stored in a remote-tracking branch, in this case
 `bob/master`.  So after this:
 
 -------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 7a42567..7a1b164 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 	Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/remotes` are listed
 	on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit
-	remote tracking branches to ones matching given shell glob.
+	remote-tracking branches to ones matching given shell glob.
 	If pattern lacks '?', '*', or '[', '/*' at the end is implied.
 
 --glob=<glob-pattern>::
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index fc56da6..d5505e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ may wish to check the original repository for updates and merge them
 into your own work.
 
 We have already seen <<Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch,how to
-keep remote tracking branches up to date>> with linkgit:git-fetch[1],
+keep remote-tracking branches up to date>> with linkgit:git-fetch[1],
 and how to merge two branches.  So you can merge in changes from the
 original repository's master branch with:
 
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 9240faf..9a934af 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 *   With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
 	 *   was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
 	 *   <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
-	 *   to fork local <something> from that remote tracking branch.
+	 *   to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
 	 *
 	 *   Otherwise <something> shall not be ambiguous.
 	 *   - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).
diff --git a/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh b/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh
index 9e74862..65d1e05 100755
--- a/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh
+++ b/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-test_description='fetch follows remote tracking branches correctly'
+test_description='fetch follows remote-tracking branches correctly'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 

Documentation/everyday.txt, Documentation/git-gc.txt, Documentation/gittutorial.txt, t/t5400-send-pack.sh

diff --git a/Documentation/everyday.txt b/Documentation/everyday.txt
index e0ba8cc..ae413e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/everyday.txt
+++ b/Documentation/everyday.txt
@@ -180,12 +180,12 @@ directory; clone from it to start a repository on the satellite
 machine.
 <2> clone sets these configuration variables by default.
 It arranges `git pull` to fetch and store the branches of mothership
-machine to local `remotes/origin/*` tracking branches.
+machine to local `remotes/origin/*` remote-tracking branches.
 <3> arrange `git push` to push local `master` branch to
 `remotes/satellite/master` branch of the mothership machine.
 <4> push will stash our work away on `remotes/satellite/master`
-tracking branch on the mothership machine.  You could use this as
-a back-up method.
+remote-tracking branch on the mothership machine.  You could use this
+as a back-up method.
 <5> on mothership machine, merge the work done on the satellite
 machine into the master branch.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index 315f07e..801aede 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ are not part of the current project most users will want to expire
 them sooner.  This option defaults to '30 days'.
 
 The above two configuration variables can be given to a pattern.  For
-example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote tracking
+example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote-tracking
 branches:
 
 ------------
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ Notes
 
 'git gc' tries very hard to be safe about the garbage it collects. In
 particular, it will keep not only objects referenced by your current set
-of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index, remote
-tracking branches, refs saved by 'git filter-branch' in
+of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index,
+remote-tracking branches, refs saved by 'git filter-branch' in
 refs/original/, or reflogs (which may reference commits in branches
 that were later amended or rewound).
 
diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
index f1f4086..0982f74 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ could merge the changes into her master branch:
 alice$ git merge bob/master
 -------------------------------------
 
-This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote
-tracking branch', like this:
+This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote-tracking
+branch', like this:
 
 -------------------------------------
 alice$ git pull . remotes/bob/master
diff --git a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
index 5bcf0b8..b0b2684 100755
--- a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
+++ b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ test_expect_success 'denyNonFastforwards trumps --force' '
 	test "$victim_orig" = "$victim_head"
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'push --all excludes remote tracking hierarchy' '
+test_expect_success 'push --all excludes remote-tracking hierarchy' '
 	mkdir parent &&
 	(
 	    cd parent &&

Documentation/config.txt, Documentation/git-fetch.txt, Documentation/git-pull.txt, Documentation/git-remote.txt, Documentation/git-tag.txt, Documentation/glossary-content.txt, Documentation/user-manual.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e625d6a..e4f16d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ color.branch::
 color.branch.<slot>::
 	Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
 	`current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
-	`remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
+	`remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
 	refs).
 +
 The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ gui.newbranchtemplate::
 	linkgit:git-gui[1].
 
 gui.pruneduringfetch::
-	"true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when
+	"true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
 	performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
 
 gui.trustmtime::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
index d159e88..c76e313 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
 in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`.  This information is left for a later merge
 operation done by 'git merge'.
 
-When <refspec> stores the fetched result in tracking branches,
+When <refspec> stores the fetched result in remote-tracking branches,
 the tags that point at these branches are automatically
 followed.  This is done by first fetching from the remote using
 the given <refspec>s, and if the repository has objects that are
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index 33e8438..54e7013 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ and if there is not any such variable, the value on `URL: ` line
 in `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>` file is used.
 
 In order to determine what remote branches to fetch (and
-optionally store in the tracking branches) when the command is
+optionally store in the remote-tracking branches) when the command is
 run without any refspec parameters on the command line, values
 of the configuration variable `remote.<origin>.fetch` are
 consulted, and if there aren't any, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>`
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
 ------------
 
 A globbing refspec must have a non-empty RHS (i.e. must store
-what were fetched in tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS
+what were fetched in remote-tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS
 must end with `/*`.  The above specifies that all remote
-branches are tracked using tracking branches in
+branches are tracked using remote-tracking branches in
 `refs/remotes/origin/` hierarchy under the same name.
 
 The rule to determine which remote branch to merge after
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 5e4989d..c258ea4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with
 
 'prune'::
 
-Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
+Deletes all stale remote-tracking branches under <name>.
 These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
 referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
 "remotes/<name>".
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 31c78a8..8b169e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ On Automatic following
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 If you are following somebody else's tree, you are most likely
-using tracking branches (`refs/heads/origin` in traditional
+using remote-tracking branches (`refs/heads/origin` in traditional
 layout, or `refs/remotes/origin/master` in the separate-remote
 layout).  You usually want the tags from the other end.
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ this case.
 It may well be that among networking people, they may want to
 exchange the tags internal to their group, but in that workflow
 they are most likely tracking with each other's progress by
-having tracking branches.  Again, the heuristic to automatically
+having remote-tracking branches.  Again, the heuristic to automatically
 follow such tags is a good thing.
 
 
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 1f029f8..a76de62 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ to point at the new commit.
 	you have. In such these cases, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>>
 	<<def_commit,commit>> but instead just update to his
 	revision. This will happen frequently on a
-	<<def_tracking_branch,tracking branch>> of a remote
+	<<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branch>> of a remote
 	<<def_repository,repository>>.
 
 [[def_fetch]]fetch::
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 	The default upstream <<def_repository,repository>>. Most projects have
 	at least one upstream project which they track. By default
 	'origin' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates
-	will be fetched into remote <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branches>> named
+	will be fetched into remote <<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branches>> named
 	origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using
 	`git branch -r`.
 
@@ -418,11 +418,11 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 	that each contain very well defined concepts or small incremental yet
 	related changes.
 
-[[def_tracking_branch]]tracking branch::
+[[def_remote_tracking_branch]]remote-tracking branch::
 	A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from
 	another <<def_repository,repository>>. A tracking
 	branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits
-	made to it. A tracking branch can usually be
+	made to it. A remote-tracking branch can usually be
 	identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull:
 	<<def_refspec,refspec>>.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index d5505e8..d7835ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ linux-nfs/master
 origin/master
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-If you run "git fetch <remote>" later, the tracking branches for the
+If you run "git fetch <remote>" later, the remote-tracking branches for the
 named <remote> will be updated.
 
 If you examine the file .git/config, you will see that git has added

builtin/checkout.c, builtin/fetch.c, remote.c

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 9a934af..1fa9ce4 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 *   between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
 	 *
 	 *   With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
-	 *   was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
+	 *   was given, and there is a remote-tracking branch whose name is
 	 *   <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
 	 *   to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
 	 *
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index d35f000..3b0b614 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static struct option builtin_fetch_options[] = {
 	OPT_SET_INT('n', NULL, &tags,
 		    "do not fetch all tags (--no-tags)", TAGS_UNSET),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "prune", &prune,
-		    "prune tracking branches no longer on remote"),
+		    "prune remote-tracking branches no longer on remote"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &dry_run,
 		    "dry run"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('k', "keep", &keep, "keep downloaded pack"),
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void add_merge_config(struct ref **head,
 			continue;
 
 		/*
-		 * Not fetched to a tracking branch?  We need to fetch
+		 * Not fetched to a remote-tracking branch?  We need to fetch
 		 * it anyway to allow this branch's "branch.$name.merge"
 		 * to be honored by 'git pull', but we do not have to
 		 * fail if branch.$name.merge is misconfigured to point
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 9143ec7..ca42a12 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ static void read_config(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * We need to make sure the tracking branches are well formed, but a
+ * We need to make sure the remote-tracking branches are well formed, but a
  * wildcard refspec in "struct refspec" must have a trailing slash. We
  * temporarily drop the trailing '/' while calling check_ref_format(),
  * and put it back.  The caller knows that a CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ONELEVEL

Documentation/config.txt, Documentation/git-branch.txt, Documentation/git-checkout.txt, Documentation/git-clone.txt, Documentation/git-describe.txt, Documentation/user-manual.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e4f16d8..6a6c0b5 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -601,8 +601,9 @@ branch.autosetupmerge::
 	this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
 	and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
 	automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
-	starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is
-	done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote
+	starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
+	automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
+	local branch or remote-tracking
 	branch. This option defaults to true.
 
 branch.autosetuprebase::
@@ -613,7 +614,7 @@ branch.autosetuprebase::
 	When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
 	other local branches.
 	When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
-	remote branches.
+	remote-tracking branches.
 	When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
 	branches.
 	See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 1940256..7f23c56 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the
 working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the
 new branch.
 
-When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the
+When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, git sets up the
 branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from
-the remote branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
+the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
 `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
 overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options.
 
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	Move/rename a branch even if the new branch name already exists.
 
 --color[=<when>]::
-	Color branches to highlight current, local, and remote branches.
+	Color branches to highlight current, local, and
+	remote-tracking branches.
 	The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
 
 --no-color::
@@ -125,11 +126,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	it directs `git pull` without arguments to pull from the
 	upstream when the new branch is checked out.
 +
-This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote branch.
+This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch.
 Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you
 want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if '--no-track'
 were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
-start-point is either a local or remote branch.
+start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
 
 --no-track::
 	Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 22d3611..880763d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored.
 	"--track" in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
 +
 If no '-b' option is given, the name of the new branch will be
-derived from the remote branch.  If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/"
+derived from the remote-tracking branch.  If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/"
 is prefixed it is stripped away, and then the part up to the
 next slash (which would be the nickname of the remote) is removed.
 This would tell us to use "hack" as the local branch when branching
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index ab72933..2320382 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 	Set up a mirror of the source repository.  This implies `--bare`.
 	Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` not only maps local branches of the
 	source to local branches of the target, it maps all refs (including
-	remote branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such
+	remote-tracking branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such
 	that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the
 	target repository.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index 7ef9d51..02e015a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ OPTIONS
 --all::
 	Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any ref
 	found in `.git/refs/`.  This option enables matching
-	any known branch, remote branch, or lightweight tag.
+	any known branch, remote-tracking branch, or lightweight tag.
 
 --tags::
 	Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index d7835ca..d70f3e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1724,7 +1724,8 @@ accomplish the above with just a simple
 $ git pull
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-More generally, a branch that is created from a remote branch will pull
+More generally, a branch that is created from a remote-tracking branch
+will pull
 by default from that branch.  See the descriptions of the
 branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge options in
 linkgit:git-config[1], and the discussion of the `--track` option in
@@ -2106,7 +2107,7 @@ $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
 $ cd work
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-Linus's tree will be stored in the remote branch named origin/master,
+Linus's tree will be stored in the remote-tracking branch named origin/master,
 and can be updated using linkgit:git-fetch[1]; you can track other
 public trees using linkgit:git-remote[1] to set up a "remote" and
 linkgit:git-fetch[1] to keep them up-to-date; see
@@ -2800,8 +2801,8 @@ Be aware that commits that the old version of example/master pointed at
 may be lost, as we saw in the previous section.
 
 [[remote-branch-configuration]]
-Configuring remote branches
----------------------------
+Configuring remote-tracking branches
+------------------------------------
 
 We saw above that "origin" is just a shortcut to refer to the
 repository that you originally cloned from.  This information is

branch.h, builtin/fetch.c, builtin/remote.c, contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c, t/t5505-remote.sh, t/t7608-merge-messages.sh

diff --git a/branch.h b/branch.h
index eed817a..2004632 100644
--- a/branch.h
+++ b/branch.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, const char *name, const char *start_name,
 void remove_branch_state(void);
 
 /*
- * Configure local branch "local" to merge remote branch "remote"
+ * Configure local branch "local" to merge remote-tracking branch "remote"
  * taken from origin "origin".
  */
 #define BRANCH_CONFIG_VERBOSE 01
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 3b0b614..4243ef0 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *raw_url, const char *remote_name,
 			what = rm->name + 10;
 		}
 		else if (!prefixcmp(rm->name, "refs/remotes/")) {
-			kind = "remote branch";
+			kind = "remote-tracking branch";
 			what = rm->name + 13;
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index e9a6e09..6a06282 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static int add_branch_for_removal(const char *refname,
 			return 0;
 	}
 
-	/* don't delete non-remote refs */
+	/* don't delete non-remote-tracking refs */
 	if (prefixcmp(refname, "refs/remotes")) {
 		/* advise user how to delete local branches */
 		if (!prefixcmp(refname, "refs/heads/"))
@@ -791,9 +791,9 @@ static int rm(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	if (skipped.nr) {
 		fprintf(stderr, skipped.nr == 1 ?
-			"Note: A non-remote branch was not removed; "
+			"Note: A branch outside the refs/remotes/ hierarchy was not removed;\n"
 			"to delete it, use:\n" :
-			"Note: Non-remote branches were not removed; "
+			"Note: Some branches outside the refs/remotes/ hierarchy were not removed;\n"
 			"to delete them, use:\n");
 		for (i = 0; i < skipped.nr; i++)
 			fprintf(stderr, "  git branch -d %s\n",
diff --git a/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c b/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c
index cd10dbc..3140e40 100644
--- a/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c
+++ b/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int append_fetch_head(FILE *fp,
 		what = remote_name + 10;
 	}
 	else if (!strncmp(remote_name, "refs/remotes/", 13)) {
-		kind = "remote branch";
+		kind = "remote-tracking branch";
 		what = remote_name + 13;
 	}
 	else {
diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
index 5d1c66e..d189add 100755
--- a/t/t5505-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
@@ -107,16 +107,18 @@ test_expect_success 'remove remote' '
 )
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'remove remote protects non-remote branches' '
+test_expect_success 'remove remote protects local branches' '
 (
 	cd test &&
 	{ cat >expect1 <<EOF
-Note: A non-remote branch was not removed; to delete it, use:
+Note: A branch outside the refs/remotes/ hierarchy was not removed;
+to delete it, use:
   git branch -d master
 EOF
 	} &&
 	{ cat >expect2 <<EOF
-Note: Non-remote branches were not removed; to delete them, use:
+Note: Some branches outside the refs/remotes/ hierarchy were not removed;
+to delete them, use:
   git branch -d foobranch
   git branch -d master
 EOF
diff --git a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
index 28d5679..1c71296 100755
--- a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
+++ b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ test_expect_success 'ambiguous tag' '
 	check_oneline "Merge commit QambiguousQ"
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'remote branch' '
+test_expect_success 'remote-tracking branch' '
 	git checkout -b remote master &&
 	test_commit remote-1 &&
 	git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/master remote &&

builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c, builtin/merge.c, t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh, t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh, t/t7608-merge-messages.sh

diff --git a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
index 78c7774..5189b16 100644
--- a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
+++ b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ static int handle_line(char *line)
 		origin = line;
 		string_list_append(&src_data->tag, origin + 4);
 		src_data->head_status |= 2;
-	} else if (!prefixcmp(line, "remote branch ")) {
-		origin = line + 14;
+	} else if (!prefixcmp(line, "remote-tracking branch ")) {
+		origin = line + strlen("remote-tracking branch ");
 		string_list_append(&src_data->r_branch, origin);
 		src_data->head_status |= 2;
 	} else {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static void do_fmt_merge_msg_title(struct strbuf *out,
 		if (src_data->r_branch.nr) {
 			strbuf_addstr(out, subsep);
 			subsep = ", ";
-			print_joined("remote branch ", "remote branches ",
+			print_joined("remote-tracking branch ", "remote-tracking branches ",
 					&src_data->r_branch, out);
 		}
 		if (src_data->tag.nr) {
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 10f091b..9ec13f1 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 		if (!prefixcmp(found_ref, "refs/remotes/")) {
-			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tremote branch '%s' of .\n",
+			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tremote-tracking branch '%s' of .\n",
 				    sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
diff --git a/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh b/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh
index 8c8dfda..a455551 100755
--- a/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh
+++ b/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ test_expect_success 'merge my-side@{u} records the correct name' '
 	git branch -t new my-side@{u} &&
 	git merge -s ours new@{u} &&
 	git show -s --pretty=format:%s >actual &&
-	echo "Merge remote branch ${sq}origin/side${sq}" >expect &&
+	echo "Merge remote-tracking branch ${sq}origin/side${sq}" >expect &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 )
 '
diff --git a/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh b/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
index 74161a4..19341e5 100755
--- a/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
+++ b/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase -p fakes interactive rebase' '
 	git fetch &&
 	git rebase -p origin/topic &&
 	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Modify A" | wc -l) &&
-	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Merge remote branch " | wc -l)
+	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Merge remote-tracking branch " | wc -l)
 	)
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
index 1c71296..9225fa6 100755
--- a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
+++ b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ test_expect_success 'remote-tracking branch' '
 	git checkout master &&
 	test_commit master-5 &&
 	git merge origin/master &&
-	check_oneline "Merge remote branch Qorigin/masterQ"
+	check_oneline "Merge remote-tracking branch Qorigin/masterQ"
 '
 
 test_done

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index d70f3e0..6684a78 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -359,6 +359,14 @@ $ git branch -r
   origin/todo
 ------------------------------------------------
 
+In this case, "origin" is called a remote repository, or "remote" for
+short. The branches of this repository are called "remote branches"
+from our point of view, and Git will keep a copy of these
+branches, called "remote-tracking branches" in the local repository.
+These remote-tracking branches are references that will be updated by
+"git fetch" (hence by "git pull"). See
+<<Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch>> for details.
+
 You cannot check out these remote-tracking branches, but you can
 examine them on a branch of your own, just as you would a tag:
 
@@ -1716,14 +1724,19 @@ one step:
 $ git pull origin master
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-In fact, if you have "master" checked out, then by default "git pull"
-merges from the HEAD branch of the origin repository.  So often you can
+In fact, if you have "master" checked out, then this branch has been
+configured by "git clone" to get changes from the HEAD branch of the
+origin repository.  So often you can
 accomplish the above with just a simple
 
 -------------------------------------------------
 $ git pull
 -------------------------------------------------
 
+This command will fetch the changes from the remote branches to your
+remote-tracking branches `origin/*`, and merge default branch in the
+current branch.
+
 More generally, a branch that is created from a remote-tracking branch
 will pull
 by default from that branch.  See the descriptions of the

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index d70f3e0..62b3788 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ Examining branches from a remote repository
 The "master" branch that was created at the time you cloned is a copy
 of the HEAD in the repository that you cloned from.  That repository
 may also have had other branches, though, and your local repository
-keeps branches which track each of those remote branches, which you
+keeps branches which track each of those remote branches, called
+remote-tracking branches, which you
 can view using the "-r" option to linkgit:git-branch[1]:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
@@ -359,6 +360,14 @@ $ git branch -r
   origin/todo
 ------------------------------------------------
 
+In this case, "origin" is called a remote repository, or "remote" for
+short. The branches of this repository are called "remote branches"
+from our point of view. The remote-tracking branches are created in
+the local repository at clone time, as a copy of the remote branches.
+They are references that will be updated by "git fetch" (hence by "git
+pull"), and by "git push". See
+<<Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch>> for details.
+
 You cannot check out these remote-tracking branches, but you can
 examine them on a branch of your own, just as you would a tag:
 
@@ -1716,14 +1725,19 @@ one step:
 $ git pull origin master
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-In fact, if you have "master" checked out, then by default "git pull"
-merges from the HEAD branch of the origin repository.  So often you can
+In fact, if you have "master" checked out, then this branch has been
+configured by "git clone" to get changes from the HEAD branch of the
+origin repository.  So often you can
 accomplish the above with just a simple
 
 -------------------------------------------------
 $ git pull
 -------------------------------------------------
 
+This command will fetch the changes from the remote branches to your
+remote-tracking branches `origin/*`, and merge default branch in the
+current branch.
+
 More generally, a branch that is created from a remote-tracking branch
 will pull
 by default from that branch.  See the descriptions of the

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 7f23c56..9106d38 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, git sets up the
 branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from
 the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
 `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
-overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options.
+overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options, and
+changed later using `git branch --set-upstream`.
 
 With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>.
 If <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match

Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt, t/t7508-status.sh, wt-status.c

diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
index ecab0c0..7fe5848 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ $ git status
 #
 #       new file: closing.txt
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #
 #       modified: file.txt
diff --git a/t/t7508-status.sh b/t/t7508-status.sh
index c9300f3..4de3e27 100755
--- a/t/t7508-status.sh
+++ b/t/t7508-status.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 # Changes to be committed:
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #	modified:   dir1/modified
 #
 # Untracked files:
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 # Changes to be committed:
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #	modified:   dir1/modified
 #
 # Untracked files not listed
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	new file:   ../dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	<GREEN>new file:   dir2/added<RESET>
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #	new file:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #	new file:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ test_expect_success 'status -s submodule summary' '
 
 cat >expect <<EOF
 # On branch master
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #	new file:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ cat > expect << EOF
 #
 #	modified:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ cat > expect << EOF
 #
 #	modified:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #   (commit or discard the untracked or modified content in submodules)
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ cat > expect << EOF
 #
 #	modified:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ test_expect_success ".git/config ignore=dirty doesn't suppress submodule summary
 
 cat > expect << EOF
 # On branch master
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index fc2438f..d9f3d9f 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static void wt_status_print_dirty_header(struct wt_status *s,
 {
 	const char *c = color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s);
 
-	color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Changed but not updated:");
+	color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Changes not staged for commit:");
 	if (!advice_status_hints)
 		return;
 	if (!has_deleted)

Documentation/config.txt, Documentation/fetch-options.txt, Documentation/git-log.txt, Documentation/git-pull.txt, Documentation/git-remote.txt, Documentation/gittutorial.txt, Documentation/rev-list-options.txt, Documentation/user-manual.txt, builtin/checkout.c, t/t5513-fetch-track.sh

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 538ebb5..e625d6a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ color.diff.<slot>::
 color.decorate.<slot>::
 	Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output.  `<slot>` is one
 	of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
-	branches, remote tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
+	branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
 
 color.grep::
 	When set to `always`, always highlight matches.  When `false` (or
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index 470ac31..a435c23 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
 
 -p::
 --prune::
-	After fetching, remove any remote tracking branches which
+	After fetching, remove any remote-tracking branches which
 	no longer exist	on the remote.
 endif::git-pull[]
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 6d40f00..ff41784 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
 git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
 
 	Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
-	any of remote tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
+	any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
 	origin doesn't).
 
 git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index c50f7dc..33e8438 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ With `--rebase`, it runs 'git rebase' instead of 'git merge'.
 <repository> should be the name of a remote repository as
 passed to linkgit:git-fetch[1].  <refspec> can name an
 arbitrary remote ref (for example, the name of a tag) or even
-a collection of refs with corresponding remote tracking branches
+a collection of refs with corresponding remote-tracking branches
 (e.g., refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*), but usually it is
 the name of a branch in the remote repository.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 0d28feb..5e4989d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ was passed.
 
 'rename'::
 
-Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote tracking branches and
+Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote-tracking branches and
 configuration settings for the remote are updated.
 +
 In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ the configuration file format.
 
 'rm'::
 
-Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and
+Remove the remote named <name>. All remote-tracking branches and
 configuration settings for the remote are removed.
 
 'set-head'::
diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
index 1c16066..f1f4086 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ alice$ git fetch bob
 
 Unlike the longhand form, when Alice fetches from Bob using a
 remote repository shorthand set up with 'git remote', what was
-fetched is stored in a remote tracking branch, in this case
+fetched is stored in a remote-tracking branch, in this case
 `bob/master`.  So after this:
 
 -------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 7a42567..7a1b164 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 	Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/remotes` are listed
 	on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit
-	remote tracking branches to ones matching given shell glob.
+	remote-tracking branches to ones matching given shell glob.
 	If pattern lacks '?', '*', or '[', '/*' at the end is implied.
 
 --glob=<glob-pattern>::
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index fc56da6..d5505e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ may wish to check the original repository for updates and merge them
 into your own work.
 
 We have already seen <<Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch,how to
-keep remote tracking branches up to date>> with linkgit:git-fetch[1],
+keep remote-tracking branches up to date>> with linkgit:git-fetch[1],
 and how to merge two branches.  So you can merge in changes from the
 original repository's master branch with:
 
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 9240faf..9a934af 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 *   With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
 	 *   was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
 	 *   <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
-	 *   to fork local <something> from that remote tracking branch.
+	 *   to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
 	 *
 	 *   Otherwise <something> shall not be ambiguous.
 	 *   - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).
diff --git a/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh b/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh
index 9e74862..65d1e05 100755
--- a/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh
+++ b/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-test_description='fetch follows remote tracking branches correctly'
+test_description='fetch follows remote-tracking branches correctly'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 

Documentation/everyday.txt, Documentation/git-gc.txt, Documentation/gittutorial.txt, t/t5400-send-pack.sh

diff --git a/Documentation/everyday.txt b/Documentation/everyday.txt
index e0ba8cc..ae413e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/everyday.txt
+++ b/Documentation/everyday.txt
@@ -180,12 +180,12 @@ directory; clone from it to start a repository on the satellite
 machine.
 <2> clone sets these configuration variables by default.
 It arranges `git pull` to fetch and store the branches of mothership
-machine to local `remotes/origin/*` tracking branches.
+machine to local `remotes/origin/*` remote-tracking branches.
 <3> arrange `git push` to push local `master` branch to
 `remotes/satellite/master` branch of the mothership machine.
 <4> push will stash our work away on `remotes/satellite/master`
-tracking branch on the mothership machine.  You could use this as
-a back-up method.
+remote-tracking branch on the mothership machine.  You could use this
+as a back-up method.
 <5> on mothership machine, merge the work done on the satellite
 machine into the master branch.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index 315f07e..801aede 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ are not part of the current project most users will want to expire
 them sooner.  This option defaults to '30 days'.
 
 The above two configuration variables can be given to a pattern.  For
-example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote tracking
+example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote-tracking
 branches:
 
 ------------
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ Notes
 
 'git gc' tries very hard to be safe about the garbage it collects. In
 particular, it will keep not only objects referenced by your current set
-of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index, remote
-tracking branches, refs saved by 'git filter-branch' in
+of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index,
+remote-tracking branches, refs saved by 'git filter-branch' in
 refs/original/, or reflogs (which may reference commits in branches
 that were later amended or rewound).
 
diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
index f1f4086..0982f74 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ could merge the changes into her master branch:
 alice$ git merge bob/master
 -------------------------------------
 
-This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote
-tracking branch', like this:
+This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote-tracking
+branch', like this:
 
 -------------------------------------
 alice$ git pull . remotes/bob/master
diff --git a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
index 5bcf0b8..b0b2684 100755
--- a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
+++ b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ test_expect_success 'denyNonFastforwards trumps --force' '
 	test "$victim_orig" = "$victim_head"
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'push --all excludes remote tracking hierarchy' '
+test_expect_success 'push --all excludes remote-tracking hierarchy' '
 	mkdir parent &&
 	(
 	    cd parent &&

Documentation/config.txt, Documentation/git-fetch.txt, Documentation/git-pull.txt, Documentation/git-remote.txt, Documentation/git-tag.txt, Documentation/glossary-content.txt, Documentation/user-manual.txt, builtin/checkout.c, builtin/fetch.c, remote.c

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e625d6a..e4f16d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ color.branch::
 color.branch.<slot>::
 	Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
 	`current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
-	`remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
+	`remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
 	refs).
 +
 The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ gui.newbranchtemplate::
 	linkgit:git-gui[1].
 
 gui.pruneduringfetch::
-	"true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when
+	"true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
 	performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
 
 gui.trustmtime::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
index d159e88..c76e313 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
 in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`.  This information is left for a later merge
 operation done by 'git merge'.
 
-When <refspec> stores the fetched result in tracking branches,
+When <refspec> stores the fetched result in remote-tracking branches,
 the tags that point at these branches are automatically
 followed.  This is done by first fetching from the remote using
 the given <refspec>s, and if the repository has objects that are
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index 33e8438..54e7013 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ and if there is not any such variable, the value on `URL: ` line
 in `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>` file is used.
 
 In order to determine what remote branches to fetch (and
-optionally store in the tracking branches) when the command is
+optionally store in the remote-tracking branches) when the command is
 run without any refspec parameters on the command line, values
 of the configuration variable `remote.<origin>.fetch` are
 consulted, and if there aren't any, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>`
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
 ------------
 
 A globbing refspec must have a non-empty RHS (i.e. must store
-what were fetched in tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS
+what were fetched in remote-tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS
 must end with `/*`.  The above specifies that all remote
-branches are tracked using tracking branches in
+branches are tracked using remote-tracking branches in
 `refs/remotes/origin/` hierarchy under the same name.
 
 The rule to determine which remote branch to merge after
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 5e4989d..c258ea4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with
 
 'prune'::
 
-Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
+Deletes all stale remote-tracking branches under <name>.
 These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
 referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
 "remotes/<name>".
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 31c78a8..8b169e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ On Automatic following
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 If you are following somebody else's tree, you are most likely
-using tracking branches (`refs/heads/origin` in traditional
+using remote-tracking branches (`refs/heads/origin` in traditional
 layout, or `refs/remotes/origin/master` in the separate-remote
 layout).  You usually want the tags from the other end.
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ this case.
 It may well be that among networking people, they may want to
 exchange the tags internal to their group, but in that workflow
 they are most likely tracking with each other's progress by
-having tracking branches.  Again, the heuristic to automatically
+having remote-tracking branches.  Again, the heuristic to automatically
 follow such tags is a good thing.
 
 
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 1f029f8..ba96b32 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ to point at the new commit.
 	you have. In such these cases, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>>
 	<<def_commit,commit>> but instead just update to his
 	revision. This will happen frequently on a
-	<<def_tracking_branch,tracking branch>> of a remote
+	<<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branch>> of a remote
 	<<def_repository,repository>>.
 
 [[def_fetch]]fetch::
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 	The default upstream <<def_repository,repository>>. Most projects have
 	at least one upstream project which they track. By default
 	'origin' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates
-	will be fetched into remote <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branches>> named
+	will be fetched into remote <<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branches>> named
 	origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using
 	`git branch -r`.
 
@@ -349,6 +349,14 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 	master branch head as to-upstream branch at $URL". See also
 	linkgit:git-push[1].
 
+[[def_remote_tracking_branch]]remote-tracking branch::
+	A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from
+	another <<def_repository,repository>>. A tracking
+	branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits
+	made to it. A remote-tracking branch can usually be
+	identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull:
+	<<def_refspec,refspec>>.
+
 [[def_repository]]repository::
 	A collection of <<def_ref,refs>> together with an
 	<<def_object_database,object database>> containing all objects
@@ -418,14 +426,6 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 	that each contain very well defined concepts or small incremental yet
 	related changes.
 
-[[def_tracking_branch]]tracking branch::
-	A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from
-	another <<def_repository,repository>>. A tracking
-	branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits
-	made to it. A tracking branch can usually be
-	identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull:
-	<<def_refspec,refspec>>.
-
 [[def_tree]]tree::
 	Either a <<def_working_tree,working tree>>, or a <<def_tree_object,tree
 	object>> together with the dependent <<def_blob_object,blob>> and tree objects
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index d5505e8..d7835ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ linux-nfs/master
 origin/master
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-If you run "git fetch <remote>" later, the tracking branches for the
+If you run "git fetch <remote>" later, the remote-tracking branches for the
 named <remote> will be updated.
 
 If you examine the file .git/config, you will see that git has added
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 9a934af..1fa9ce4 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 *   between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
 	 *
 	 *   With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
-	 *   was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
+	 *   was given, and there is a remote-tracking branch whose name is
 	 *   <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
 	 *   to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
 	 *
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index d35f000..3b0b614 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static struct option builtin_fetch_options[] = {
 	OPT_SET_INT('n', NULL, &tags,
 		    "do not fetch all tags (--no-tags)", TAGS_UNSET),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "prune", &prune,
-		    "prune tracking branches no longer on remote"),
+		    "prune remote-tracking branches no longer on remote"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &dry_run,
 		    "dry run"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('k', "keep", &keep, "keep downloaded pack"),
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void add_merge_config(struct ref **head,
 			continue;
 
 		/*
-		 * Not fetched to a tracking branch?  We need to fetch
+		 * Not fetched to a remote-tracking branch?  We need to fetch
 		 * it anyway to allow this branch's "branch.$name.merge"
 		 * to be honored by 'git pull', but we do not have to
 		 * fail if branch.$name.merge is misconfigured to point
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 9143ec7..ca42a12 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ static void read_config(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * We need to make sure the tracking branches are well formed, but a
+ * We need to make sure the remote-tracking branches are well formed, but a
  * wildcard refspec in "struct refspec" must have a trailing slash. We
  * temporarily drop the trailing '/' while calling check_ref_format(),
  * and put it back.  The caller knows that a CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ONELEVEL

Documentation/config.txt, Documentation/git-branch.txt, Documentation/git-checkout.txt, Documentation/git-clone.txt, Documentation/git-describe.txt, Documentation/user-manual.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e4f16d8..6a6c0b5 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -601,8 +601,9 @@ branch.autosetupmerge::
 	this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
 	and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
 	automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
-	starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is
-	done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote
+	starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
+	automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
+	local branch or remote-tracking
 	branch. This option defaults to true.
 
 branch.autosetuprebase::
@@ -613,7 +614,7 @@ branch.autosetuprebase::
 	When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
 	other local branches.
 	When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
-	remote branches.
+	remote-tracking branches.
 	When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
 	branches.
 	See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 1940256..7f23c56 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the
 working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the
 new branch.
 
-When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the
+When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, git sets up the
 branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from
-the remote branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
+the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
 `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
 overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options.
 
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	Move/rename a branch even if the new branch name already exists.
 
 --color[=<when>]::
-	Color branches to highlight current, local, and remote branches.
+	Color branches to highlight current, local, and
+	remote-tracking branches.
 	The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
 
 --no-color::
@@ -125,11 +126,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	it directs `git pull` without arguments to pull from the
 	upstream when the new branch is checked out.
 +
-This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote branch.
+This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch.
 Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you
 want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if '--no-track'
 were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
-start-point is either a local or remote branch.
+start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
 
 --no-track::
 	Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 22d3611..880763d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored.
 	"--track" in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
 +
 If no '-b' option is given, the name of the new branch will be
-derived from the remote branch.  If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/"
+derived from the remote-tracking branch.  If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/"
 is prefixed it is stripped away, and then the part up to the
 next slash (which would be the nickname of the remote) is removed.
 This would tell us to use "hack" as the local branch when branching
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index ab72933..2320382 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 	Set up a mirror of the source repository.  This implies `--bare`.
 	Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` not only maps local branches of the
 	source to local branches of the target, it maps all refs (including
-	remote branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such
+	remote-tracking branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such
 	that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the
 	target repository.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index 7ef9d51..02e015a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ OPTIONS
 --all::
 	Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any ref
 	found in `.git/refs/`.  This option enables matching
-	any known branch, remote branch, or lightweight tag.
+	any known branch, remote-tracking branch, or lightweight tag.
 
 --tags::
 	Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index d7835ca..d70f3e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1724,7 +1724,8 @@ accomplish the above with just a simple
 $ git pull
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-More generally, a branch that is created from a remote branch will pull
+More generally, a branch that is created from a remote-tracking branch
+will pull
 by default from that branch.  See the descriptions of the
 branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge options in
 linkgit:git-config[1], and the discussion of the `--track` option in
@@ -2106,7 +2107,7 @@ $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
 $ cd work
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-Linus's tree will be stored in the remote branch named origin/master,
+Linus's tree will be stored in the remote-tracking branch named origin/master,
 and can be updated using linkgit:git-fetch[1]; you can track other
 public trees using linkgit:git-remote[1] to set up a "remote" and
 linkgit:git-fetch[1] to keep them up-to-date; see
@@ -2800,8 +2801,8 @@ Be aware that commits that the old version of example/master pointed at
 may be lost, as we saw in the previous section.
 
 [[remote-branch-configuration]]
-Configuring remote branches
----------------------------
+Configuring remote-tracking branches
+------------------------------------
 
 We saw above that "origin" is just a shortcut to refer to the
 repository that you originally cloned from.  This information is

branch.h, builtin/fetch.c, builtin/remote.c, contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c, t/t5505-remote.sh, t/t7608-merge-messages.sh

diff --git a/branch.h b/branch.h
index eed817a..2004632 100644
--- a/branch.h
+++ b/branch.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, const char *name, const char *start_name,
 void remove_branch_state(void);
 
 /*
- * Configure local branch "local" to merge remote branch "remote"
+ * Configure local branch "local" to merge remote-tracking branch "remote"
  * taken from origin "origin".
  */
 #define BRANCH_CONFIG_VERBOSE 01
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 3b0b614..4243ef0 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *raw_url, const char *remote_name,
 			what = rm->name + 10;
 		}
 		else if (!prefixcmp(rm->name, "refs/remotes/")) {
-			kind = "remote branch";
+			kind = "remote-tracking branch";
 			what = rm->name + 13;
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index e9a6e09..6a06282 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static int add_branch_for_removal(const char *refname,
 			return 0;
 	}
 
-	/* don't delete non-remote refs */
+	/* don't delete non-remote-tracking refs */
 	if (prefixcmp(refname, "refs/remotes")) {
 		/* advise user how to delete local branches */
 		if (!prefixcmp(refname, "refs/heads/"))
@@ -791,9 +791,9 @@ static int rm(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	if (skipped.nr) {
 		fprintf(stderr, skipped.nr == 1 ?
-			"Note: A non-remote branch was not removed; "
+			"Note: A branch outside the refs/remotes/ hierarchy was not removed;\n"
 			"to delete it, use:\n" :
-			"Note: Non-remote branches were not removed; "
+			"Note: Some branches outside the refs/remotes/ hierarchy were not removed;\n"
 			"to delete them, use:\n");
 		for (i = 0; i < skipped.nr; i++)
 			fprintf(stderr, "  git branch -d %s\n",
diff --git a/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c b/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c
index cd10dbc..3140e40 100644
--- a/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c
+++ b/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int append_fetch_head(FILE *fp,
 		what = remote_name + 10;
 	}
 	else if (!strncmp(remote_name, "refs/remotes/", 13)) {
-		kind = "remote branch";
+		kind = "remote-tracking branch";
 		what = remote_name + 13;
 	}
 	else {
diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
index 5d1c66e..d189add 100755
--- a/t/t5505-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
@@ -107,16 +107,18 @@ test_expect_success 'remove remote' '
 )
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'remove remote protects non-remote branches' '
+test_expect_success 'remove remote protects local branches' '
 (
 	cd test &&
 	{ cat >expect1 <<EOF
-Note: A non-remote branch was not removed; to delete it, use:
+Note: A branch outside the refs/remotes/ hierarchy was not removed;
+to delete it, use:
   git branch -d master
 EOF
 	} &&
 	{ cat >expect2 <<EOF
-Note: Non-remote branches were not removed; to delete them, use:
+Note: Some branches outside the refs/remotes/ hierarchy were not removed;
+to delete them, use:
   git branch -d foobranch
   git branch -d master
 EOF
diff --git a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
index 28d5679..1c71296 100755
--- a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
+++ b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ test_expect_success 'ambiguous tag' '
 	check_oneline "Merge commit QambiguousQ"
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'remote branch' '
+test_expect_success 'remote-tracking branch' '
 	git checkout -b remote master &&
 	test_commit remote-1 &&
 	git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/master remote &&

builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c, builtin/merge.c, t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh, t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh, t/t7608-merge-messages.sh

diff --git a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
index 78c7774..5189b16 100644
--- a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
+++ b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ static int handle_line(char *line)
 		origin = line;
 		string_list_append(&src_data->tag, origin + 4);
 		src_data->head_status |= 2;
-	} else if (!prefixcmp(line, "remote branch ")) {
-		origin = line + 14;
+	} else if (!prefixcmp(line, "remote-tracking branch ")) {
+		origin = line + strlen("remote-tracking branch ");
 		string_list_append(&src_data->r_branch, origin);
 		src_data->head_status |= 2;
 	} else {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static void do_fmt_merge_msg_title(struct strbuf *out,
 		if (src_data->r_branch.nr) {
 			strbuf_addstr(out, subsep);
 			subsep = ", ";
-			print_joined("remote branch ", "remote branches ",
+			print_joined("remote-tracking branch ", "remote-tracking branches ",
 					&src_data->r_branch, out);
 		}
 		if (src_data->tag.nr) {
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 10f091b..9ec13f1 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 		if (!prefixcmp(found_ref, "refs/remotes/")) {
-			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tremote branch '%s' of .\n",
+			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tremote-tracking branch '%s' of .\n",
 				    sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
diff --git a/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh b/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh
index 8c8dfda..a455551 100755
--- a/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh
+++ b/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ test_expect_success 'merge my-side@{u} records the correct name' '
 	git branch -t new my-side@{u} &&
 	git merge -s ours new@{u} &&
 	git show -s --pretty=format:%s >actual &&
-	echo "Merge remote branch ${sq}origin/side${sq}" >expect &&
+	echo "Merge remote-tracking branch ${sq}origin/side${sq}" >expect &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 )
 '
diff --git a/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh b/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
index 74161a4..19341e5 100755
--- a/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
+++ b/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase -p fakes interactive rebase' '
 	git fetch &&
 	git rebase -p origin/topic &&
 	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Modify A" | wc -l) &&
-	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Merge remote branch " | wc -l)
+	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Merge remote-tracking branch " | wc -l)
 	)
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
index 1c71296..9225fa6 100755
--- a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
+++ b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ test_expect_success 'remote-tracking branch' '
 	git checkout master &&
 	test_commit master-5 &&
 	git merge origin/master &&
-	check_oneline "Merge remote branch Qorigin/masterQ"
+	check_oneline "Merge remote-tracking branch Qorigin/masterQ"
 '
 
 test_done

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index d70f3e0..62b3788 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ Examining branches from a remote repository
 The "master" branch that was created at the time you cloned is a copy
 of the HEAD in the repository that you cloned from.  That repository
 may also have had other branches, though, and your local repository
-keeps branches which track each of those remote branches, which you
+keeps branches which track each of those remote branches, called
+remote-tracking branches, which you
 can view using the "-r" option to linkgit:git-branch[1]:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
@@ -359,6 +360,14 @@ $ git branch -r
   origin/todo
 ------------------------------------------------
 
+In this case, "origin" is called a remote repository, or "remote" for
+short. The branches of this repository are called "remote branches"
+from our point of view. The remote-tracking branches are created in
+the local repository at clone time, as a copy of the remote branches.
+They are references that will be updated by "git fetch" (hence by "git
+pull"), and by "git push". See
+<<Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch>> for details.
+
 You cannot check out these remote-tracking branches, but you can
 examine them on a branch of your own, just as you would a tag:
 
@@ -1716,14 +1725,19 @@ one step:
 $ git pull origin master
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-In fact, if you have "master" checked out, then by default "git pull"
-merges from the HEAD branch of the origin repository.  So often you can
+In fact, if you have "master" checked out, then this branch has been
+configured by "git clone" to get changes from the HEAD branch of the
+origin repository.  So often you can
 accomplish the above with just a simple
 
 -------------------------------------------------
 $ git pull
 -------------------------------------------------
 
+This command will fetch the changes from the remote branches to your
+remote-tracking branches `origin/*`, and merge default branch in the
+current branch.
+
 More generally, a branch that is created from a remote-tracking branch
 will pull
 by default from that branch.  See the descriptions of the

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 62b3788..2b04e84 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -368,13 +368,16 @@ They are references that will be updated by "git fetch" (hence by "git
 pull"), and by "git push". See
 <<Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch>> for details.
 
-You cannot check out these remote-tracking branches, but you can
-examine them on a branch of your own, just as you would a tag:
+You might want to build on one of these remote-tracking branches
+on a branch of your own, just as you would for a tag:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
 $ git checkout -b my-todo-copy origin/todo
 ------------------------------------------------
 
+You can also check out "origin/todo" directly to examine it or
+write a one-off patch.  See <<detached-head,detached head>>.
+
 Note that the name "origin" is just the name that git uses by default
 to refer to the repository that you cloned from.
 

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 7f23c56..9106d38 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, git sets up the
 branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from
 the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
 `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
-overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options.
+overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options, and
+changed later using `git branch --set-upstream`.
 
 With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>.
 If <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match

Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt, t/t7508-status.sh, wt-status.c

diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
index ecab0c0..7fe5848 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ $ git status
 #
 #       new file: closing.txt
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #
 #       modified: file.txt
diff --git a/t/t7508-status.sh b/t/t7508-status.sh
index c9300f3..4de3e27 100755
--- a/t/t7508-status.sh
+++ b/t/t7508-status.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 # Changes to be committed:
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #	modified:   dir1/modified
 #
 # Untracked files:
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 # Changes to be committed:
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #	modified:   dir1/modified
 #
 # Untracked files not listed
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	new file:   ../dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	<GREEN>new file:   dir2/added<RESET>
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ cat >expect <<\EOF
 #
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #	new file:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #	new file:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ test_expect_success 'status -s submodule summary' '
 
 cat >expect <<EOF
 # On branch master
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 #	new file:   dir2/added
 #	new file:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ cat > expect << EOF
 #
 #	modified:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ cat > expect << EOF
 #
 #	modified:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #   (commit or discard the untracked or modified content in submodules)
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ cat > expect << EOF
 #
 #	modified:   sm
 #
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ test_expect_success ".git/config ignore=dirty doesn't suppress submodule summary
 
 cat > expect << EOF
 # On branch master
-# Changed but not updated:
+# Changes not staged for commit:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
 #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
 #
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index fc2438f..d9f3d9f 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static void wt_status_print_dirty_header(struct wt_status *s,
 {
 	const char *c = color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s);
 
-	color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Changed but not updated:");
+	color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Changes not staged for commit:");
 	if (!advice_status_hints)
 		return;
 	if (!has_deleted)

Documentation/config.txt, Documentation/fetch-options.txt, Documentation/git-log.txt, Documentation/git-pull.txt, Documentation/git-remote.txt, Documentation/gittutorial.txt, Documentation/rev-list-options.txt, Documentation/user-manual.txt, builtin/checkout.c, t/t5513-fetch-track.sh

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 538ebb5..e625d6a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ color.diff.<slot>::
 color.decorate.<slot>::
 	Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output.  `<slot>` is one
 	of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
-	branches, remote tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
+	branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
 
 color.grep::
 	When set to `always`, always highlight matches.  When `false` (or
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index 470ac31..a435c23 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
 
 -p::
 --prune::
-	After fetching, remove any remote tracking branches which
+	After fetching, remove any remote-tracking branches which
 	no longer exist	on the remote.
 endif::git-pull[]
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 6d40f00..ff41784 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
 git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
 
 	Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
-	any of remote tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
+	any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
 	origin doesn't).
 
 git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index c50f7dc..33e8438 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ With `--rebase`, it runs 'git rebase' instead of 'git merge'.
 <repository> should be the name of a remote repository as
 passed to linkgit:git-fetch[1].  <refspec> can name an
 arbitrary remote ref (for example, the name of a tag) or even
-a collection of refs with corresponding remote tracking branches
+a collection of refs with corresponding remote-tracking branches
 (e.g., refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*), but usually it is
 the name of a branch in the remote repository.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 0d28feb..5e4989d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ was passed.
 
 'rename'::
 
-Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote tracking branches and
+Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote-tracking branches and
 configuration settings for the remote are updated.
 +
 In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ the configuration file format.
 
 'rm'::
 
-Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and
+Remove the remote named <name>. All remote-tracking branches and
 configuration settings for the remote are removed.
 
 'set-head'::
diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
index 1c16066..f1f4086 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ alice$ git fetch bob
 
 Unlike the longhand form, when Alice fetches from Bob using a
 remote repository shorthand set up with 'git remote', what was
-fetched is stored in a remote tracking branch, in this case
+fetched is stored in a remote-tracking branch, in this case
 `bob/master`.  So after this:
 
 -------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 7a42567..7a1b164 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 	Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/remotes` are listed
 	on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit
-	remote tracking branches to ones matching given shell glob.
+	remote-tracking branches to ones matching given shell glob.
 	If pattern lacks '?', '*', or '[', '/*' at the end is implied.
 
 --glob=<glob-pattern>::
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index fc56da6..d5505e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ may wish to check the original repository for updates and merge them
 into your own work.
 
 We have already seen <<Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch,how to
-keep remote tracking branches up to date>> with linkgit:git-fetch[1],
+keep remote-tracking branches up to date>> with linkgit:git-fetch[1],
 and how to merge two branches.  So you can merge in changes from the
 original repository's master branch with:
 
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 9240faf..9a934af 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 *   With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
 	 *   was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
 	 *   <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
-	 *   to fork local <something> from that remote tracking branch.
+	 *   to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
 	 *
 	 *   Otherwise <something> shall not be ambiguous.
 	 *   - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).
diff --git a/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh b/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh
index 9e74862..65d1e05 100755
--- a/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh
+++ b/t/t5513-fetch-track.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-test_description='fetch follows remote tracking branches correctly'
+test_description='fetch follows remote-tracking branches correctly'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 

Documentation/git-gc.txt, Documentation/gittutorial.txt, t/t5400-send-pack.sh

diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index 315f07e..801aede 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ are not part of the current project most users will want to expire
 them sooner.  This option defaults to '30 days'.
 
 The above two configuration variables can be given to a pattern.  For
-example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote tracking
+example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote-tracking
 branches:
 
 ------------
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ Notes
 
 'git gc' tries very hard to be safe about the garbage it collects. In
 particular, it will keep not only objects referenced by your current set
-of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index, remote
-tracking branches, refs saved by 'git filter-branch' in
+of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index,
+remote-tracking branches, refs saved by 'git filter-branch' in
 refs/original/, or reflogs (which may reference commits in branches
 that were later amended or rewound).
 
diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
index f1f4086..0982f74 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ could merge the changes into her master branch:
 alice$ git merge bob/master
 -------------------------------------
 
-This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote
-tracking branch', like this:
+This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote-tracking
+branch', like this:
 
 -------------------------------------
 alice$ git pull . remotes/bob/master
diff --git a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
index 5bcf0b8..b0b2684 100755
--- a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
+++ b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ test_expect_success 'denyNonFastforwards trumps --force' '
 	test "$victim_orig" = "$victim_head"
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'push --all excludes remote tracking hierarchy' '
+test_expect_success 'push --all excludes remote-tracking hierarchy' '
 	mkdir parent &&
 	(
 	    cd parent &&

diff --git a/Documentation/everyday.txt b/Documentation/everyday.txt
index e0ba8cc..ae413e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/everyday.txt
+++ b/Documentation/everyday.txt
@@ -180,12 +180,12 @@ directory; clone from it to start a repository on the satellite
 machine.
 <2> clone sets these configuration variables by default.
 It arranges `git pull` to fetch and store the branches of mothership
-machine to local `remotes/origin/*` tracking branches.
+machine to local `remotes/origin/*` remote-tracking branches.
 <3> arrange `git push` to push local `master` branch to
 `remotes/satellite/master` branch of the mothership machine.
 <4> push will stash our work away on `remotes/satellite/master`
-tracking branch on the mothership machine.  You could use this as
-a back-up method.
+remote-tracking branch on the mothership machine.  You could use this
+as a back-up method.
 <5> on mothership machine, merge the work done on the satellite
 machine into the master branch.
 

Documentation/config.txt, Documentation/git-fetch.txt, Documentation/git-pull.txt, Documentation/git-remote.txt, Documentation/git-tag.txt, Documentation/glossary-content.txt, Documentation/user-manual.txt, builtin/checkout.c, builtin/fetch.c, remote.c

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e625d6a..e4f16d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ color.branch::
 color.branch.<slot>::
 	Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
 	`current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
-	`remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
+	`remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
 	refs).
 +
 The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ gui.newbranchtemplate::
 	linkgit:git-gui[1].
 
 gui.pruneduringfetch::
-	"true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when
+	"true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
 	performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
 
 gui.trustmtime::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
index d159e88..c76e313 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
 in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`.  This information is left for a later merge
 operation done by 'git merge'.
 
-When <refspec> stores the fetched result in tracking branches,
+When <refspec> stores the fetched result in remote-tracking branches,
 the tags that point at these branches are automatically
 followed.  This is done by first fetching from the remote using
 the given <refspec>s, and if the repository has objects that are
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index 33e8438..54e7013 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ and if there is not any such variable, the value on `URL: ` line
 in `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>` file is used.
 
 In order to determine what remote branches to fetch (and
-optionally store in the tracking branches) when the command is
+optionally store in the remote-tracking branches) when the command is
 run without any refspec parameters on the command line, values
 of the configuration variable `remote.<origin>.fetch` are
 consulted, and if there aren't any, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>`
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
 ------------
 
 A globbing refspec must have a non-empty RHS (i.e. must store
-what were fetched in tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS
+what were fetched in remote-tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS
 must end with `/*`.  The above specifies that all remote
-branches are tracked using tracking branches in
+branches are tracked using remote-tracking branches in
 `refs/remotes/origin/` hierarchy under the same name.
 
 The rule to determine which remote branch to merge after
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 5e4989d..c258ea4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with
 
 'prune'::
 
-Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
+Deletes all stale remote-tracking branches under <name>.
 These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
 referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
 "remotes/<name>".
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 31c78a8..8b169e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ On Automatic following
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 If you are following somebody else's tree, you are most likely
-using tracking branches (`refs/heads/origin` in traditional
+using remote-tracking branches (`refs/heads/origin` in traditional
 layout, or `refs/remotes/origin/master` in the separate-remote
 layout).  You usually want the tags from the other end.
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ this case.
 It may well be that among networking people, they may want to
 exchange the tags internal to their group, but in that workflow
 they are most likely tracking with each other's progress by
-having tracking branches.  Again, the heuristic to automatically
+having remote-tracking branches.  Again, the heuristic to automatically
 follow such tags is a good thing.
 
 
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 1f029f8..ba96b32 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ to point at the new commit.
 	you have. In such these cases, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>>
 	<<def_commit,commit>> but instead just update to his
 	revision. This will happen frequently on a
-	<<def_tracking_branch,tracking branch>> of a remote
+	<<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branch>> of a remote
 	<<def_repository,repository>>.
 
 [[def_fetch]]fetch::
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 	The default upstream <<def_repository,repository>>. Most projects have
 	at least one upstream project which they track. By default
 	'origin' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates
-	will be fetched into remote <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branches>> named
+	will be fetched into remote <<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branches>> named
 	origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using
 	`git branch -r`.
 
@@ -349,6 +349,14 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 	master branch head as to-upstream branch at $URL". See also
 	linkgit:git-push[1].
 
+[[def_remote_tracking_branch]]remote-tracking branch::
+	A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from
+	another <<def_repository,repository>>. A tracking
+	branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits
+	made to it. A remote-tracking branch can usually be
+	identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull:
+	<<def_refspec,refspec>>.
+
 [[def_repository]]repository::
 	A collection of <<def_ref,refs>> together with an
 	<<def_object_database,object database>> containing all objects
@@ -418,14 +426,6 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
 	that each contain very well defined concepts or small incremental yet
 	related changes.
 
-[[def_tracking_branch]]tracking branch::
-	A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from
-	another <<def_repository,repository>>. A tracking
-	branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits
-	made to it. A tracking branch can usually be
-	identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull:
-	<<def_refspec,refspec>>.
-
 [[def_tree]]tree::
 	Either a <<def_working_tree,working tree>>, or a <<def_tree_object,tree
 	object>> together with the dependent <<def_blob_object,blob>> and tree objects
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index d5505e8..d7835ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ linux-nfs/master
 origin/master
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-If you run "git fetch <remote>" later, the tracking branches for the
+If you run "git fetch <remote>" later, the remote-tracking branches for the
 named <remote> will be updated.
 
 If you examine the file .git/config, you will see that git has added
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 9a934af..1fa9ce4 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 *   between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
 	 *
 	 *   With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
-	 *   was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
+	 *   was given, and there is a remote-tracking branch whose name is
 	 *   <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
 	 *   to fork local <something> from that remote-tracking branch.
 	 *
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index d35f000..3b0b614 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static struct option builtin_fetch_options[] = {
 	OPT_SET_INT('n', NULL, &tags,
 		    "do not fetch all tags (--no-tags)", TAGS_UNSET),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "prune", &prune,
-		    "prune tracking branches no longer on remote"),
+		    "prune remote-tracking branches no longer on remote"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &dry_run,
 		    "dry run"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('k', "keep", &keep, "keep downloaded pack"),
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void add_merge_config(struct ref **head,
 			continue;
 
 		/*
-		 * Not fetched to a tracking branch?  We need to fetch
+		 * Not fetched to a remote-tracking branch?  We need to fetch
 		 * it anyway to allow this branch's "branch.$name.merge"
 		 * to be honored by 'git pull', but we do not have to
 		 * fail if branch.$name.merge is misconfigured to point
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 9143ec7..ca42a12 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ static void read_config(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * We need to make sure the tracking branches are well formed, but a
+ * We need to make sure the remote-tracking branches are well formed, but a
  * wildcard refspec in "struct refspec" must have a trailing slash. We
  * temporarily drop the trailing '/' while calling check_ref_format(),
  * and put it back.  The caller knows that a CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ONELEVEL

Documentation/config.txt, Documentation/git-branch.txt, Documentation/git-checkout.txt, Documentation/git-clone.txt, Documentation/git-describe.txt, Documentation/user-manual.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e4f16d8..6a6c0b5 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -601,8 +601,9 @@ branch.autosetupmerge::
 	this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
 	and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
 	automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
-	starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is
-	done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote
+	starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
+	automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
+	local branch or remote-tracking
 	branch. This option defaults to true.
 
 branch.autosetuprebase::
@@ -613,7 +614,7 @@ branch.autosetuprebase::
 	When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
 	other local branches.
 	When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
-	remote branches.
+	remote-tracking branches.
 	When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
 	branches.
 	See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 1940256..7f23c56 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the
 working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the
 new branch.
 
-When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the
+When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, git sets up the
 branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from
-the remote branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
+the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
 `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
 overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options.
 
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	Move/rename a branch even if the new branch name already exists.
 
 --color[=<when>]::
-	Color branches to highlight current, local, and remote branches.
+	Color branches to highlight current, local, and
+	remote-tracking branches.
 	The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
 
 --no-color::
@@ -125,11 +126,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	it directs `git pull` without arguments to pull from the
 	upstream when the new branch is checked out.
 +
-This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote branch.
+This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch.
 Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you
 want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if '--no-track'
 were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
-start-point is either a local or remote branch.
+start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
 
 --no-track::
 	Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 22d3611..880763d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored.
 	"--track" in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
 +
 If no '-b' option is given, the name of the new branch will be
-derived from the remote branch.  If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/"
+derived from the remote-tracking branch.  If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/"
 is prefixed it is stripped away, and then the part up to the
 next slash (which would be the nickname of the remote) is removed.
 This would tell us to use "hack" as the local branch when branching
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index ab72933..2320382 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 	Set up a mirror of the source repository.  This implies `--bare`.
 	Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` not only maps local branches of the
 	source to local branches of the target, it maps all refs (including
-	remote branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such
+	remote-tracking branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such
 	that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the
 	target repository.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index 7ef9d51..02e015a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ OPTIONS
 --all::
 	Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any ref
 	found in `.git/refs/`.  This option enables matching
-	any known branch, remote branch, or lightweight tag.
+	any known branch, remote-tracking branch, or lightweight tag.
 
 --tags::
 	Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index d7835ca..d70f3e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1724,7 +1724,8 @@ accomplish the above with just a simple
 $ git pull
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-More generally, a branch that is created from a remote branch will pull
+More generally, a branch that is created from a remote-tracking branch
+will pull
 by default from that branch.  See the descriptions of the
 branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge options in
 linkgit:git-config[1], and the discussion of the `--track` option in
@@ -2106,7 +2107,7 @@ $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
 $ cd work
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-Linus's tree will be stored in the remote branch named origin/master,
+Linus's tree will be stored in the remote-tracking branch named origin/master,
 and can be updated using linkgit:git-fetch[1]; you can track other
 public trees using linkgit:git-remote[1] to set up a "remote" and
 linkgit:git-fetch[1] to keep them up-to-date; see
@@ -2800,8 +2801,8 @@ Be aware that commits that the old version of example/master pointed at
 may be lost, as we saw in the previous section.
 
 [[remote-branch-configuration]]
-Configuring remote branches
----------------------------
+Configuring remote-tracking branches
+------------------------------------
 
 We saw above that "origin" is just a shortcut to refer to the
 repository that you originally cloned from.  This information is

branch.h, builtin/fetch.c, builtin/remote.c, contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c, t/t5505-remote.sh, t/t7608-merge-messages.sh

diff --git a/branch.h b/branch.h
index eed817a..4026e38 100644
--- a/branch.h
+++ b/branch.h
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, const char *name, const char *start_name,
 void remove_branch_state(void);
 
 /*
- * Configure local branch "local" to merge remote branch "remote"
- * taken from origin "origin".
+ * Configure local branch "local" as downstream to branch "remote"
+ * from remote "origin".  Used by git branch --set-upstream.
  */
 #define BRANCH_CONFIG_VERBOSE 01
 extern void install_branch_config(int flag, const char *local, const char *origin, const char *remote);
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 3b0b614..4243ef0 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *raw_url, const char *remote_name,
 			what = rm->name + 10;
 		}
 		else if (!prefixcmp(rm->name, "refs/remotes/")) {
-			kind = "remote branch";
+			kind = "remote-tracking branch";
 			what = rm->name + 13;
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index e9a6e09..6a06282 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static int add_branch_for_removal(const char *refname,
 			return 0;
 	}
 
-	/* don't delete non-remote refs */
+	/* don't delete non-remote-tracking refs */
 	if (prefixcmp(refname, "refs/remotes")) {
 		/* advise user how to delete local branches */
 		if (!prefixcmp(refname, "refs/heads/"))
@@ -791,9 +791,9 @@ static int rm(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	if (skipped.nr) {
 		fprintf(stderr, skipped.nr == 1 ?
-			"Note: A non-remote branch was not removed; "
+			"Note: A branch outside the refs/remotes/ hierarchy was not removed;\n"
 			"to delete it, use:\n" :
-			"Note: Non-remote branches were not removed; "
+			"Note: Some branches outside the refs/remotes/ hierarchy were not removed;\n"
 			"to delete them, use:\n");
 		for (i = 0; i < skipped.nr; i++)
 			fprintf(stderr, "  git branch -d %s\n",
diff --git a/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c b/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c
index cd10dbc..3140e40 100644
--- a/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c
+++ b/contrib/examples/builtin-fetch--tool.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int append_fetch_head(FILE *fp,
 		what = remote_name + 10;
 	}
 	else if (!strncmp(remote_name, "refs/remotes/", 13)) {
-		kind = "remote branch";
+		kind = "remote-tracking branch";
 		what = remote_name + 13;
 	}
 	else {
diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
index 5d1c66e..d189add 100755
--- a/t/t5505-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
@@ -107,16 +107,18 @@ test_expect_success 'remove remote' '
 )
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'remove remote protects non-remote branches' '
+test_expect_success 'remove remote protects local branches' '
 (
 	cd test &&
 	{ cat >expect1 <<EOF
-Note: A non-remote branch was not removed; to delete it, use:
+Note: A branch outside the refs/remotes/ hierarchy was not removed;
+to delete it, use:
   git branch -d master
 EOF
 	} &&
 	{ cat >expect2 <<EOF
-Note: Non-remote branches were not removed; to delete them, use:
+Note: Some branches outside the refs/remotes/ hierarchy were not removed;
+to delete them, use:
   git branch -d foobranch
   git branch -d master
 EOF
diff --git a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
index 28d5679..1c71296 100755
--- a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
+++ b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ test_expect_success 'ambiguous tag' '
 	check_oneline "Merge commit QambiguousQ"
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'remote branch' '
+test_expect_success 'remote-tracking branch' '
 	git checkout -b remote master &&
 	test_commit remote-1 &&
 	git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/master remote &&

builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c, builtin/merge.c, t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh, t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh, t/t7608-merge-messages.sh

diff --git a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
index 78c7774..5189b16 100644
--- a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
+++ b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ static int handle_line(char *line)
 		origin = line;
 		string_list_append(&src_data->tag, origin + 4);
 		src_data->head_status |= 2;
-	} else if (!prefixcmp(line, "remote branch ")) {
-		origin = line + 14;
+	} else if (!prefixcmp(line, "remote-tracking branch ")) {
+		origin = line + strlen("remote-tracking branch ");
 		string_list_append(&src_data->r_branch, origin);
 		src_data->head_status |= 2;
 	} else {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static void do_fmt_merge_msg_title(struct strbuf *out,
 		if (src_data->r_branch.nr) {
 			strbuf_addstr(out, subsep);
 			subsep = ", ";
-			print_joined("remote branch ", "remote branches ",
+			print_joined("remote-tracking branch ", "remote-tracking branches ",
 					&src_data->r_branch, out);
 		}
 		if (src_data->tag.nr) {
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 10f091b..9ec13f1 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 		if (!prefixcmp(found_ref, "refs/remotes/")) {
-			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tremote branch '%s' of .\n",
+			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tremote-tracking branch '%s' of .\n",
 				    sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
diff --git a/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh b/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh
index 8c8dfda..a455551 100755
--- a/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh
+++ b/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ test_expect_success 'merge my-side@{u} records the correct name' '
 	git branch -t new my-side@{u} &&
 	git merge -s ours new@{u} &&
 	git show -s --pretty=format:%s >actual &&
-	echo "Merge remote branch ${sq}origin/side${sq}" >expect &&
+	echo "Merge remote-tracking branch ${sq}origin/side${sq}" >expect &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 )
 '
diff --git a/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh b/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
index 74161a4..19341e5 100755
--- a/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
+++ b/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase -p fakes interactive rebase' '
 	git fetch &&
 	git rebase -p origin/topic &&
 	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Modify A" | wc -l) &&
-	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Merge remote branch " | wc -l)
+	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Merge remote-tracking branch " | wc -l)
 	)
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
index 1c71296..9225fa6 100755
--- a/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
+++ b/t/t7608-merge-messages.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ test_expect_success 'remote-tracking branch' '
 	git checkout master &&
 	test_commit master-5 &&
 	git merge origin/master &&
-	check_oneline "Merge remote branch Qorigin/masterQ"
+	check_oneline "Merge remote-tracking branch Qorigin/masterQ"
 '
 
 test_done

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index d70f3e0..62b3788 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ Examining branches from a remote repository
 The "master" branch that was created at the time you cloned is a copy
 of the HEAD in the repository that you cloned from.  That repository
 may also have had other branches, though, and your local repository
-keeps branches which track each of those remote branches, which you
+keeps branches which track each of those remote branches, called
+remote-tracking branches, which you
 can view using the "-r" option to linkgit:git-branch[1]:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
@@ -359,6 +360,14 @@ $ git branch -r
   origin/todo
 ------------------------------------------------
 
+In this case, "origin" is called a remote repository, or "remote" for
+short. The branches of this repository are called "remote branches"
+from our point of view. The remote-tracking branches are created in
+the local repository at clone time, as a copy of the remote branches.
+They are references that will be updated by "git fetch" (hence by "git
+pull"), and by "git push". See
+<<Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch>> for details.
+
 You cannot check out these remote-tracking branches, but you can
 examine them on a branch of your own, just as you would a tag:
 
@@ -1716,14 +1725,19 @@ one step:
 $ git pull origin master
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-In fact, if you have "master" checked out, then by default "git pull"
-merges from the HEAD branch of the origin repository.  So often you can
+In fact, if you have "master" checked out, then this branch has been
+configured by "git clone" to get changes from the HEAD branch of the
+origin repository.  So often you can
 accomplish the above with just a simple
 
 -------------------------------------------------
 $ git pull
 -------------------------------------------------
 
+This command will fetch the changes from the remote branches to your
+remote-tracking branches `origin/*`, and merge default branch in the
+current branch.
+
 More generally, a branch that is created from a remote-tracking branch
 will pull
 by default from that branch.  See the descriptions of the

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 62b3788..3108b38 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -360,21 +360,23 @@ $ git branch -r
   origin/todo
 ------------------------------------------------
 
-In this case, "origin" is called a remote repository, or "remote" for
-short. The branches of this repository are called "remote branches"
-from our point of view. The remote-tracking branches are created in
-the local repository at clone time, as a copy of the remote branches.
-They are references that will be updated by "git fetch" (hence by "git
-pull"), and by "git push". See
-<<Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch>> for details.
+In this example, "origin" is called a remote repository, or "remote"
+for short. The branches of this repository are called "remote
+branches" from our point of view. The remote-tracking branches listed
+above were created based on the remote branches at clone time and will
+be updated by "git fetch" (hence "git pull) and "git push". See
+<<Updating -a-repository-With-git-fetch>> for details.
 
-You cannot check out these remote-tracking branches, but you can
-examine them on a branch of your own, just as you would a tag:
+You might want to build on one of these remote-tracking branches
+on a branch of your own, just as you would for a tag:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
 $ git checkout -b my-todo-copy origin/todo
 ------------------------------------------------
 
+You can also check out "origin/todo" directly to examine it or
+write a one-off patch.  See <<detached-head,detached head>>.
+
 Note that the name "origin" is just the name that git uses by default
 to refer to the repository that you cloned from.
 
@@ -1734,9 +1736,9 @@ accomplish the above with just a simple
 $ git pull
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-This command will fetch the changes from the remote branches to your
-remote-tracking branches `origin/*`, and merge default branch in the
-current branch.
+This command will fetch changes from the remote branches to your
+remote-tracking branches `origin/*`, and merge the default branch into
+the current branch.
 
 More generally, a branch that is created from a remote-tracking branch
 will pull

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 7f23c56..9106d38 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, git sets up the
 branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from
 the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
 `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
-overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options.
+overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options, and
+changed later using `git branch --set-upstream`.
 
 With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>.
 If <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match