On 2012-12-17, Tomas Carnecky <tomas.carnecky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:02:46 +0000, Woody Wu <narkewoody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 2012-12-17, Tomas Carnecky <tomas.carnecky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > 'git checkout foo' has special meaning if a local branch with that >> > name doesn't exist but there is a remote branch with that name. In >> > that case it's equivalent to: git checkout -t -b foo origin/foo. >> > Because that's what people usually want. >> >> I think this is what exactly happened to me in the first time I got the >> 'foo'. One new thing to me is the '-t'. I am not sure wether the '-t' >> was used or not in the background. How do I check the 'upstream' >> relationships? Is there any file under .git recoreded that kind of >> information? > > Yes, that information is recorded in a file somewhere in .git. However, for > most users it's irrelevant which file it is. Git has commands to access this > information. Try one of these: > > git branch -vv Run this on my local linux tree, I got: lgf2410-2.6.16.4 7af1fda - added a ignore rule in .gitignore (*~) * lgf2410-2.6.34.13 50d3f9d ax88796b verbose debug output lgf2410-2.6.34.13-16C554 3ec82e0 more debug on 16C554 master 9489e9d [origin/master] Linux 3.7-rc7 Does this mean, I only have local branch master tracked to remote? > git remote show origin Running this I got, ... linux-3.1.y tracked linux-3.2.y tracked linux-3.3.y tracked linux-3.4.y tracked linux-3.5.y tracked linux-3.6.y tracked linux-3.7.y new (next fetch will store in remotes/origin) master tracked Local branch configured for 'git pull': master rebases onto remote master Local ref configured for 'git push': master pushes to master (local out of date) I am curious to know how the last 4 lines were printed by git. ----- Local branch configured for 'git pull': master rebases onto remote master ----- If I have addtional branch other than master that also track to some remote branch, will it also be listed under this 'git pull' line? ---- Local ref configured for 'git push': master pushes to master (local out of date) --- This I totally don't understand, what it mean? I think I did not do a modification on the local 'master'. Thanks! -- woody I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then. -- 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