On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 04:26:03PM -0400, Marc Branchaud wrote: > It would be good if the branch command allowed modification of a > branch's properties. At the very least, branch-creation commands like > "git branch --track foobranch origin/master" could offer to modify if > the branch already exists, instead of just quitting. I agree that it would be nice if an interface could be made around "branch --track". However, the problem with git branch --track foobranch origin/master is that it does two things: it sets up tracking, and it resets the foobranch ref. Right now we complain if foobranch already exists. We have a "-f" to override. But what you want to say is "set foobranch to track origin/master, but _don't_ actually reset where it points". And I don't see an intuitive way of doing that with that syntax. If you don't require "-f", then you are silently ignoring half of what the user asked you to do. > BTW, I think the following (untested) incantation adds tracking to a branch: > > git config branch.foobranch.remote origin > git config branch.foobranch.merge refs/heads/master Yes, that is right. The only reason it is not a two-line script to convert "git branch --track" into that is that you have to actually resolve origin/master into "remote origin, branch refs/heads/master". -Peff -- 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
