From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Steinbrink Subject: Terminology question: "tracking" branches Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:13:02 +0200 Message-ID: <20081022161302.GC16946@atjola.homenet> References: <48F7BBAC.2090907@xiplink.com> <48F83FD0.90606@drmicha.warpmail.net> <48F8A4E8.8070008@xiplink.com> <48F8AA5E.6090908@drmicha.warpmail.net> <48F8ECA2.3040208@xiplink.com> <48FC8624.9090807@fastmail.fm> <48FCB6B8.6090708@xiplink.com> <48FDA5A0.8030506@drmicha.warpmail.net> <48FDF28A.9060606@xiplink.com> <48FF3FEE.8020209@drmicha.warpmail.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Marc Branchaud , Peter Harris , git@vger.kernel.org To: Michael J Gruber X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Oct 22 18:16:07 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KsgLt-0002GC-Hu for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:14:30 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753066AbYJVQNQ convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:13:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752950AbYJVQNQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:13:16 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:44552 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751290AbYJVQNP (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:13:15 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 22 Oct 2008 16:13:13 -0000 Received: from i577AD8B4.versanet.de (EHLO atjola.local) [87.122.216.180] by mail.gmx.net (mp012) with SMTP; 22 Oct 2008 18:13:13 +0200 X-Authenticated: #5039886 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19LvBwcjNpL3Jsf3Q3f6VCISsLRB2RRVjMOf+BZo9 ta3z5g9Vax0YdT Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48FF3FEE.8020209@drmicha.warpmail.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.67 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On 2008.10.22 16:59:58 +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote: > - a remote branch (a branch in your local repo which is a copy of a > branch in a remote repo; stored under refs/remotes, never to be modif= ied > locally) > - a (remote) tracking branch (a local branch which is set up to pull > from a remote branch by default) (Remote) tracking branches are actually what you called remote branches= , at least according to the git glossary. But I wonder, what is the right term for a branch that has the --track setup for pull? On #git I usually fall back to some variation of "a branch that is configured for 'git pull'" or something similarly verbose (and maybe that's even partially wrong/inaccurate/incomplete?). And I always try t= o stick to saying "remote tracking branch" and not just "tracking branch" (as the glossary does) to avoid confusion as best as I can. But that feels quite suboptimal. So, is there some term that describes a local branch that has been configured for "git pull"? Thanks, Bj=F6rn