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Subject: Re: Local branch ahead of tracked remote branch but git push claims
 everything up-to-date
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:15:58 -0700
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"Avery Pennarun" <apenwarr@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Andreas F=C3=A4rber <andreas.faerber=
@web.de> wrote:
>> You need to name the local branch, not the remote one:
>>
>> $ git push origin mybranch
>>
>> It should then push to remotebranch.
>
> Not only that, but the "ahead of tracked branch" message depends on
> your local copy of the remote branch, not the remote copy of the
> remote branch.

I think we have long been doing so.  Daniel, correct me.