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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Introduce <branch>@{tracked} as shortcut to the
 tracked branch
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:11:56 -0400
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On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:18:06PM +0200, Johan Herland wrote:

> > > A special shortcut '@{tracked}' refers to the branch tracked by the
> > > current branch.
> >
> > Sorry, I didn't know the name of the long form was up for discussion.
> > But it should certainly coincide with the key which for-each-ref
> > uses, shouldn't it? I don't care whether tracked or upstream, but
> > for-each-ref's "upstream" has set the precedent.
> 
> ...and 'git branch --track' set an even earlier precedent...

FWIW, that came about from this discussion:

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/115765

-Peff