On Saturday 06 January 2007 18:58, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > If we use the word "branches" for things that you can check out and > commit to, then "remote-tracking branches" are not actually branches. > Argh! > > What would be better terminology here? Why can't we use the terms 'local branch' and 'remote branch'. We can only commit to local branches - you need to push to remote ones. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk - 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