Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Marc Branchaud <marcn...@xiplink.com> writes:
>> * "git branch -v -v" (and "git status") did not distinguish among a
>> - branch that does not build on any other branch, a branch that is in
>> - sync with the branch it builds on, and a branch that is configured
>> - to build on some other branch that no longer exists.
>> + branch that is not tracking any other branch, a branch that is in
>> + sync with the branch it is tracking, and a branch that is tracking
>> + some other branch that no longer exists.
>
> People use the verb "track" to mean too many different things, and
> the original deliberately tried to avoid use of that word.
>
> Specifically, we try to limit the use of "track" to mean "to keep a
> copy of what we observed from the remote" as in "remote-tracking
> branch remotes/origin/master is used to track the 'master' branch at
> your 'origin'", which is very different from "your 'master' branch
> builds on your upstream's 'master'".
How about something like the following, in the same spirit as --track
giving way to --set-upstream-to)?
* "git branch -v -v" and "git status" did not distinguish among a
branch that does not have a corresponding upstream branch, a
branch that is in sync with its upstream, and a branch whose
upstream no longer exists.
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