git_establishing_tracking_branches [Doku Wiki]

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===== Overview =====

Various ways to establish tracking branches. Use linux-next remote ''ln'' with branches:

  * ''master''
  * ''akpm''
  * ''akpm-base''
  * ''pending-fixes''
  * ''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>