Finn Arne Gangstad <finnag@xxxxxxx> writes: >> Presumably the push --track option would be used with an explicit branch >> name given to push anyway, right? Then it can use that info to set up >> the tracking flexibly (and with sane defaults). >> >> E.g.,, simple case: >> git push --track SOME_REMOTE BRANCH_NAME >> >> complex case: >> git push --track SOME_REMOTE MY-BRANCH:REMOTE-BRANCH > > Yes, git push --track ... would typically do the same thing to the > config as git checkout -b MY-BRANCH SOME_REMOTE/REMOTE-BRANCH, which > is enough for push --tracking to do its thing. > > I am not sure if you mean that git push --track could do something > extra to make --tracking unecessary for git push, currently it cannot > do that since the push configuration is per remote, not per branch. Hmm, now I'm confused... I was just thinking about --track, but am not sure what --tracking is ... need to go grovel past posts... -Miles -- Happiness, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. -- 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