Re: When does git check for branch-X being uptodate with origin/branch-X?

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Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> The message from checking is looking only at your local
> refs/remotes/fvwmorg/master branch, which is essentially a cache of what
> is in the actual remote repository.

Saying "cache of what is ..." would further confuse people, I am
afraid.  We just keep a record of what we last observed and we do
not actively go out and update the remote tracking branch without
being told by the end user.  "cache of what we saw there when we
contacted them the last time" is OK ;-).

>
> We never contact other repositories unless explicitly asked to by
> fetch, pull, push, etc. If you want to have the most up-to-date value
> without merging, you can just "git fetch" to update the tracking
> branches.
>
> -Peff
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