On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 08:48:15PM +0000, Alan Chandler wrote: > 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. We'd have to replace "branch" by "local branch" in a lot of documentation, but that could work. Though what do you call a branch in a remote repository then, if not a remote branch? I suppose it doesn't matter. --b. - 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