From: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: johan@herland.net, gitster@pobox.com
Subject: [PATCHv2 8/8] glossary: Update and rephrase the definition of a remote-tracking branch
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:06:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1366470363-22309-9-git-send-email-johan@herland.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1366470363-22309-1-git-send-email-johan@herland.net>
The definition of a remote-tracking branch in the glossary have been
out-of-date for a while (by e.g. referring to "Pull:" from old-style
$GIT_DIR/remotes files).
Also, the preceding patches have formalized that a remote-tracking branch
must match a configured refspec in order to be usable as an upstream.
This patch rewrites the paragraph on remote-tracking branches accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
---
Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 2478a39..7a79f26 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -423,12 +423,13 @@ should not be combined with other pathspec.
linkgit:git-push[1].
[[def_remote_tracking_branch]]remote-tracking branch::
- A regular Git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from
- another <<def_repository,repository>>. A remote-tracking
- branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits
- made to it. A remote-tracking branch can usually be
- identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull:
- <<def_refspec,refspec>>.
+ A <<def_ref,ref>> that is used to follow changes from another
+ <<def_repository,repository>>. It typically looks like
+ 'refs/remotes/foo/bar' (indicating that it tracks a branch named
+ 'bar' in a remote named 'foo'), and matches the right-hand-side of
+ a configured fetch <<def_refspec,refspec>>. A remote-tracking
+ branch should not contain direct modifications or have local
+ commits made to it.
[[def_repository]]repository::
A collection of <<def_ref,refs>> together with an
--
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-20 15:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-20 15:05 [PATCHv2 0/8] Improving the search for remote-tracking branches Johan Herland
2013-04-20 15:05 ` [PATCHv2 1/8] t2024: Add tests verifying current DWIM behavior of 'git checkout <branch>' Johan Herland
2013-04-20 20:44 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-04-20 22:53 ` Johan Herland
2013-04-20 15:05 ` [PATCHv2 2/8] t2024: Show failure to use refspec when DWIMming remote branch names Johan Herland
2013-04-20 15:05 ` [PATCHv2 3/8] checkout: Use remote refspecs when DWIMming tracking branches Johan Herland
2013-04-20 15:05 ` [PATCHv2 4/8] t3200.39: tracking setup should fail if there is no matching refspec Johan Herland
2013-04-20 15:06 ` [PATCHv2 5/8] t7201.24: Add refspec to keep --track working Johan Herland
2013-04-20 15:06 ` [PATCHv2 6/8] t9114.2: Don't use --track option against "svn-remote"-tracking branches Johan Herland
2013-04-21 5:24 ` Eric Wong
2013-04-20 15:06 ` [PATCHv2 7/8] branch.c: Validate tracking branches with refspecs instead of refs/remotes/* Johan Herland
2013-04-20 15:06 ` Johan Herland [this message]
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