Bill Lear <rael@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Monday, February 19, 2007 at 11:43:36 (-0800) Junio C Hamano writes: >>... >>Assuming your clone was initially made from /public/repo/project, >>doesn't "git fetch" without _any_ parameter work? >> >> $ git fetch > > Short answer: yes, it does. I had assumed I needed to create the > tracking branch somehow since I created the topic branch in the first > place in my private repo. More detailed confirmation follows, but > thank you for pointing out that git is in fact smarter than I gave > it credit. Tracking new branches on the remote side after you create a clone is one of the few things 1.5.0 does much better than 1.4.4 series, and it was done in response to comments from real world users like yourself, so rather than giving git too much credit, I think you should take it yourself ;-). - 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