From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
To: "Alfonsogonzalez\,
Ernesto \(GE Digital\)" <ernesto.alfonsogonzalez@ge.com>
Cc: "git\@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: "Your branch is ahead of 'origin' by X commits"
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 14:42:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vpqk2bisb0z.fsf@anie.imag.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D465BDE6.B7DE%ernesto.alfonsogonzalez@ge.com> (Ernesto Alfonsogonzalez's message of "Thu, 1 Dec 2016 19:49:40 +0000")
"Alfonsogonzalez, Ernesto (GE Digital)" <ernesto.alfonsogonzalez@ge.com>
writes:
> Hi,
>
> Git status tells me "Your branch is ahead of 'origin' by 108 commits.²,
> but my local and origin/master are pointing to the same commit.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> $ git diff origin/master
> $ git status
> On branch master
> Your branch is ahead of 'origin' by 108 commits.
This line should say "ahead of 'origin/master'" in common setups, where
'origin/master' is the remote-tracking branch configured as upstream for
'master'.
My guess is that you have a badly configured upstream.
What does "git pull -v" say? What's the content of the [branch "master"]
section of .git/config?
--
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
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2016-12-01 19:49 "Your branch is ahead of 'origin' by X commits" Alfonsogonzalez, Ernesto (GE Digital)
2016-12-01 21:47 ` Jeff King
2016-12-02 13:42 ` Matthieu Moy [this message]
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