From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Steinbrink Subject: Re: git branch --track to link existing local branch to remote? Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 21:53:03 +0200 Message-ID: <20100525195303.GA8174@atjola.homenet> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Git Mailing List To: skillzero@gmail.com X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue May 25 21:53:56 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OH0CK-00025k-DW for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 25 May 2010 21:53:56 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932981Ab0EYTxm convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2010 15:53:42 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:54043 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932843Ab0EYTxl (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2010 15:53:41 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 25 May 2010 19:53:17 -0000 Received: from i59F5B90E.versanet.de (EHLO atjola.homenet) [89.245.185.14] by mail.gmx.net (mp007) with SMTP; 25 May 2010 21:53:17 +0200 X-Authenticated: #5039886 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18evt1iMGAe5usxadTkQAWP58/4SLBjNPAsJt76EI yZcfGzmqyM98rO Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On 2010.05.25 12:40:40 -0700, skillzero@gmail.com wrote: > However, the branches aren't linked in the config file so I can't jus= t > do git pull. [...] > So what I've had to do is create a temp branch, switch to it, do git > branch -f --track master origin/master, and then delete the temp > branch. Is there a better way? With git v1.7.0 or newer: git branch --set-upstream master origin/master Bj=F6rn