Hi, On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Rudolf Polzer <divVerent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like a feature to automatically "transform" a non-tracking local branch > into a tracking branch on push. A patch to do that is attached. > > Usage: > > git branch mybranch > git checkout mybranch > ... > git push --track origin mybranch:mybranch > > will not just perform the push, but also write a block > > [branch "mybranch"] > remote = origin > merge = refs/heads/mybranch > > to the git configuration so the branch becomes tracking. > > This should be a simpler alternative to the otherwise usual procedure > > git push origin mybranch:mybranch > git config branch.mybranch.remote origin > git config branch.mybranch.merge refs/heads/mybranch > > Are there any chances for this getting added to official git - or an > alternate convenient way convert a local to a tracking branch? before I put up my comments on the patch, I wonder if git-push is the best place to add this feature, as git-push usually deals with "pushing" data to another repo. I think git-branch would be a better place to do this. -- Cheers, Ray Chuan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html