Add this shortcut just like git-push has it. Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@xxxxxxxx> --- I've seen threads commenting how it's odd that this doesn't exist[0], but nobody seems to have done anything about it yet. This may need some updates to the shell completions, but I've no idea how those work and I'd rather not change things randomly. [0] see e.g. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/165794/focus=165856 Documentation/git-branch.txt | 1 + builtin/branch.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 47235be..447325f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch. Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable is true. +-u:: --set-upstream:: If specified branch does not exist yet or if `--force` has been given, acts exactly like `--track`. Otherwise sets up configuration diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c index 0e060f2..9f2bb6f 100644 --- a/builtin/branch.c +++ b/builtin/branch.c @@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "suppress informational messages"), OPT_SET_INT('t', "track", &track, "set up tracking mode (see git-pull(1))", BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT), - OPT_SET_INT( 0, "set-upstream", &track, "change upstream info", + OPT_SET_INT('u', "set-upstream", &track, "change upstream info", BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE), OPT__COLOR(&branch_use_color, "use colored output"), OPT_SET_INT('r', "remotes", &kinds, "act on remote-tracking branches", -- 1.7.11.1.104.ge7b44f1 -- 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