# There is no tracking information for the current branch 3 messages from 2022-08-18 to 2022-08-26. Participants: Michael Hennebry, Reto. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/58323 ## Michael Hennebry, 2022-08-18 19:10 Subject: There is no tracking information for the current branch Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.DEB.2.21.2208181407290.2645%40mail.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu ``` I have a git repository I use for all related work. I cloned it for two reasons: A backup. Allow testing whether everything needed is under version control. This seems like something that should be easy. If I cannot do it, I might have to give up on version control, as git seems to have conquered the world. To be clear, by "cloned", I mean that I made it with git clone. I want to maintain the clone as a more or less exact copy of its mother. The clone, of course, would remember its mother. From git help fetch and git help pull , I gathered I could do this. Nyet. No combination of git fetch and git pull seems to do the trick. Eventually I got [hennebry@fedora sqrt-g]$ git pull \There is no tracking information for the current branch. Please specify which branch you want to merge with. See git-pull(1) for details. git pull If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with: git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/ master [hennebry@fedora sqrt-g]$ gvim /tmp/git.txt [hennebry@fedora sqrt-g]$ pwd /home/hennebry/sqrt-g [hennebry@fedora sqrt-g]$ git branch corrections * master split1 [hennebry@fedora sqrt-g]$ I am not happy. What happened? How do I do what I want to do? Will I have to process each branch one at a time? That could be difficult, since at the moment, I cannot even process one branch. git fetch --all ? The mother is on an SD card that through USB has been continuously connected to my PC at all times. The clone is on my hard drive. [hennebry@fedora sqrt-g]$ git remote -v origin /run/media/hennebry/data2/mathprog/sqrt-g (fetch) origin /run/media/hennebry/data2/mathprog/sqrt-g (push) [hennebry@fedora sqrt-g]$ [hennebry@fedora sqrt-g]$ git diff [hennebry@fedora sqrt-g]$ git merge fatal: No remote for the current branch. [hennebry@fedora sqrt-g]$ -- Michael hennebry@web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." -- someeecards ``` ## Michael Hennebry, 2022-08-18 22:22 Subject: Re: There is no tracking information for the current branch Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.DEB.2.21.2208181721060.3619%40mail.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu In-Reply-To: ``` On perusing the archives, which I shold have done sooner, I note that I am clearly in the wrong forum. A suggestion as to the right one would be welcome. -- Michael hennebry@web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." -- someeecards ``` ## Reto, 2022-08-26 18:02 Subject: Re: There is no tracking information for the current branch Message-ID: <20220826180230.brbo32ct2255rfe3@feather> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20220826180230.brbo32ct2255rfe3%40feather In-Reply-To: ``` You can just run `git fetch`. The origin/* branches will then contain what you want. Replace origin with whatever name you gave your remote. Assuming you really want to pull all branches directly to local branches, add a refspec that does that. git-fetch(1) has the details. Hope that helps, Reto ```