On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 06:15:01PM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote: > On Dez 28 2024, crstml@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > My question is: > > Is it possible when applying the method 2 to have (without pushing) > > the local main branch connected to the remote origin/main branch as > > in the case of method 1 which by cloning connects these branches. > > You can establish the effect by setting two config entries: > > $ git config branch.main.remote origin > $ git config branch.main.merge refs/heads/main Also: git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/main main (sets the same config variables, but maybe a little more ergonomic). -Peff