Hi, On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, Santi Béjar wrote: > diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt > index 9e2b4ea..e444899 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt > @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SYNOPSIS > 'git remote show' [-n] <name> > 'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name> > 'git remote update' [-p | --prune] [group | remote]... > +'git remote tracking' <name> <branch>... > > DESCRIPTION > ----------- > @@ -128,6 +129,12 @@ be updated. (See linkgit:git-config[1]). > + > With `--prune` option, prune all the remotes that are updated. > > +'tracking':: > + > +Returns the tracking branch for the given remote (<name>) and branch > +(<branch>). Note that <branch> must exactly match the left hand side of > +the refspec of the given remote. > + >From that description, it is not clear to me if the branch is the _remote_ branch, the branch _on_ the remote, or the local branch. If it is the remote branch (or the branch on the remote), I wonder how you deal with ambiguities, as I can easily create hundreds of branches tracking the same remote branch. If it is the local branch I wonder why I have to pass the name of the remote. Ciao, Dscho