"git branch" to list whether it's tracking remote branch?

Jason Timrod· Jun 14, 2011, 10:23 UTC · lore

Hi,

please cc me as i am not subscribed to this list.

is there a command in git that will tell me if a given topic branch in a repository is setup to track a remote branch?

i think it would be useful so i can see which branches are pointing where when i try and then do a "git push"

TIA!

Jason

Dirk Süsserott· Jun 14, 2011, 13:57 UTC · re: Jason Timrod · lore

Re: "git branch" to list whether it's tracking remote branch?

Hi Jason,

Am 14.06.2011 12:23 schrieb Jason Timrod:

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> Hi,
> 
> please cc me as i am not subscribed to this list.
> 
> is there a command in git that will tell me if a given topic branch in a repository is setup to track a remote branch?
> 
> i think it would be useful so i can see which branches are pointing where when i try and then do a "git push"
> 
> TIA!
> 
> Jason

you could do "git branch -avv" (especially -vv for "very verbose" :-))

---------
  docs   57dddc4 Docs: Reformatted ...
* foo    96afa77 [pub/foo] Ticket 1234 ...
---------

In the second line you can see that local branch "foo" follows "foo" in the remote "pub".

Or simply "cat .git/config" and check the "branches" sections:

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[branch "foo"]
        remote = pub
        merge = refs/heads/foo
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HTH, Dirk