>>>>> "Nicolas" == Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxx> writes: Nicolas> Isn't that called a remote branch that gets updated with "git fetch' ? Nicolas> You can even trick Git into not using the refs/remotes/ namespace for Nicolas> them if you wish. No. I have a local master, and I want to be able to blindly say "git-merge" on that master when doing so is only a fast forward. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! - 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