checkout and branch recently learnt to track local branches when branch.autosetupmerge = always, but they _also_ learnt to do that when asked explicitely with the option "--track". Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt index 14beed4..18ff82b 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt @@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ Updates since v1.5.4 * "git branch" (and "git checkout -b") to branch from a local branch can optionally set "branch.<name>.merge" to mark the new branch to build on the other local branch, when "branch.autosetupmerge" is set to - "always". By default, this does not happen when branching from a local - branch. + "always", or when passing the command line option "--track" (this option + was ignored when branching from local branches). By default, this does + not happen when branching from a local branch. * "git checkout" to switch to a branch that has "branch.<name>.merge" set (i.e. marked to build on another branch) reports how much the branch -- 1.5.5.rc0.190.gb64f -- 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