Hi, On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:21 AM, Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Say I have an existing branch and it doesn't have a tracking config. > (My local users often just do "checkout -b topic" instead of "checkout > -b topic origin/master".) > > I would naively expect this to work, while on that branch: > > (topic)$ git branch --set-upstream origin/master Hmm, I can see where the confusion is coming from - you're treating git-branch as a "branch modifier", when it really is a "branch creator" - unless you use -f, of course. > [snip] > So here's how I'm thinking about fixing it, but maybe I'm just making > it even more confusing. What say you: > > (topic)$ git branch --set-upstream=origin/master > Branch topic set up to track remote branch master from origin. I was under the impression that long-style options took "=". -- 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