From: Bruce Stephens <bruce.stephens@isode.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [OT] Your branch is ahead of the tracked remote branch 'origin/master' by 50 commits.
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:26:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <80iqvq2bw0.fsf@tiny.isode.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080701091347.GA11817@elte.hu> (Ingo Molnar's message of "Tue\, 1 Jul 2008 11\:13\:47 +0200")
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> writes:
> i recently switched to 1.5.6.1.89.gd5446 and i'm getting this:
>
> Switched to branch "master"
> Your branch is ahead of the tracked remote branch 'origin/master' by 50 commits.
>
> it's a very useful detail! It's especially useful when two branches
> diverge in a non-trivial way.
I agree, it's a really nice little feature. Indeed, I occasionally do
"git checkout master" just to get the message (to see where I am).
It feels logical for "git status" to offer the same information (when
the information is appropriate).
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-01 9:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-01 9:13 [OT] Your branch is ahead of the tracked remote branch 'origin/master' by 50 commits Ingo Molnar
2008-07-01 9:26 ` Bruce Stephens [this message]
2008-07-01 10:14 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-01 11:41 ` SZEDER Gábor
2008-07-01 12:47 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-07-01 19:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-02 7:50 ` [PATCH 0/3] Making remote tracking statistics available to other tools Junio C Hamano
2008-07-03 16:26 ` Olivier Marin
2008-07-03 19:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-03 19:25 ` Olivier Marin
2008-07-02 7:51 ` [PATCH 1/3] Refactor "tracking statistics" code used by "git checkout" Junio C Hamano
2008-07-02 7:52 ` [PATCH 2/3] git-status: show the remote tracking statistics Junio C Hamano
2008-07-02 7:52 ` [PATCH 3/3] git-branch -v: " Junio C Hamano
2008-07-02 8:23 ` Johannes Sixt
2008-07-02 8:33 ` Karl Hasselström
2008-07-02 14:44 ` Brian Gernhardt
2008-07-02 8:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-02 15:44 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-01 12:44 ` [OT] Your branch is ahead of the tracked remote branch 'origin/master' by 50 commits Jakub Narebski
2008-07-01 9:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-01 10:07 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-01 11:16 ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-01 11:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-01 11:41 ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-01 23:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-04 8:35 ` Pedro Melo
2008-07-01 12:46 ` Mikael Magnusson
2008-07-01 18:01 ` Björn Steinbrink
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