According to the documentation, it is perfectly okay to follow local branches using the --track option. Introduce a test which checks whether they behave the same. Currently 1 test fails. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- t/t6040-tracking-info.sh | 10 +++++++++- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/t6040-tracking-info.sh b/t/t6040-tracking-info.sh index ba90601..2a2b6b6 100755 --- a/t/t6040-tracking-info.sh +++ b/t/t6040-tracking-info.sh @@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ test_expect_success setup ' git checkout -b b4 origin && advance e && advance f - ) + ) && + git checkout -b follower --track master && + advance g ' script='s/^..\(b.\)[ 0-9a-f]*\[\([^]]*\)\].*/\1 \2/p' @@ -56,6 +58,12 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout' ' grep "have 1 and 1 different" actual ' +test_expect_failure 'checkout with local tracked branch' ' + git checkout master && + git checkout follower >actual + grep "is ahead of" actual +' + test_expect_success 'status' ' ( cd test && -- 1.6.2.1.507.g0e68d -- 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