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Some answers thanks to Jakub...

-- David Jeske wrote:
> : "ncvs up" ->
> :
> : git stash; git pull; git apply;
> : git diff --stat <baseof:current branch> - un-pushed filenames
> : git-show-branch <current branch> - un-pushed comments
>
> Question: when I say "baseof:current branch", I mean "the common-ancestor
> between my local-repo tracking branch and the remote-repo branch it's
> tracking". How do I find that out?

I'm told I need...

git diff --stat `git-merge-base HEAD ORIG_HEAD`

> : "ncvs commit" -> "git commit; git push <only this branch>;"
>
> Question: how do I only push the branch I'm on? "eg" says it does this, but
> from a quick look at the code, it wasn't obvious to me how.

and...

git push HEAD


which just leaves this one....

Question: How do I create a branch on a remote repo when I'm on
my local machine, without sshing to it?