Hi, On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > As can be seen from my other messages, I'm experimenting a little with > git and trying to understand how its workflow compares with arch. > Right now, my procedure for branching off a remote archive is: > > git checkout -b branchname remote/upstreambranch > git config --add branch.branchname.remote remote > git config --add branch.branchname.merge refs/heads/upstreambranch > > Is there a reason why "git branch" and "git checkout -b" should not > automatically do the two "git-config --add"s when the source branch is > remote? I like it. > In case the source branch is not remote, would "origin" be a good choice > for the "branch.branchname.remote" variable? In case source branch is not a remote, I would not want that DWIMery. Ciao, Dscho - 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