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git_establishing_tracking_branches [2019/04/04 00:58] – rpjdaygit_establishing_tracking_branches [2019/04/04 01:53] (current) – [Track upstream branch from existing branch] rpjday
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   * ''stable''   * ''stable''
  
 +<code>
 +$ git fetch ln
 +$ git branch -a
 +* master
 +  remotes/ln/akpm
 +  remotes/ln/akpm-base
 +  remotes/ln/master
 +  remotes/ln/pending-fixes
 +  remotes/ln/stable
 +  remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master
 +  remotes/origin/master
 +$
 +</code>
  
 +===== Track upstream branch from EXISTING branch =====
  
 +<code>
 +$ git branch [-u|--set-upstream-to=] <origin/remote> [localname]
 +</code>
 +
 +Create the branch to be set to track:
 +
 +<code>
 +$ git checkout -b rday
 +</code>
 +
 +Examples while on branch ''rday'':
 +
 +<code>
 +$ git branch -u ln/akpm
 +$ git branch -u ln/akpm myakpm
 +$ git branch --set-upstream-to=ln/akpm
 +$ git branch --set-upstream-to=ln/akpm myakpm
 +</code>
 +
 +===== Establish new tracking branch =====
 +
 +<code>
 +$ git checkout ln/akpm             [detached head]
 +$ git checkout --track ln/akpm
 +$ git checkout -b myakpm ln/akpm
 +$ git checkout -b 
 +</code>
 +
 +===== Seeing tracking branches =====
 +
 +<code>
 +$ git branch -vv
 +...
 +* myakpm 1eff8dddb1af [ln/akpm] drivers/media/platform/sti/delta/delta-ipc.c: fix read buffer overflow
 +...
 +</code>
 +
 +===== Unset tracking branches =====
 +
 +<code>
 +$ git branch --unset-upstream
 +</code>
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