On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> wrote: > +In this case, "origin" is called a remote repository, or "remote" for > +short. The branches of this repository are called "remote branches" > +from our point of view, and Git will keep a copy of these > +branches, called "remote-tracking branches" in the local repository. > +These remote-tracking branches are references that will be updated by > +"git fetch" (hence by "git pull"). See > +<<Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch>> for details. "...and Git will initially clone these branches into so-called "remote-tracking branches" in the local repository. Thereafter, the remote-tracking branches are updated upon fetching from[1] or pushing to the remote. ([1] which also includes pulling.) j. -- 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