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| author | Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> | 2008-02-11 11:27:20 (GMT) |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-02-11 20:14:03 (GMT) |
| commit | 0ed50ceb48662e1d2b4e131f1ed79252062547dd (patch) | |
| tree | 7a3f7fa47aa2ab6485b4ae6009e42fdcc49c2177 | |
| parent | ce32660edc2b83c6fdf550f6869e0b01e255dadb (diff) | |
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Document that the default of branch.autosetupmerge is true
In 34a3e69 (git-branch: default to --track) the default was changed to
true, to help new git users. But yours truly forgot to update the
documentation. This fixes it.
Noticed by Kalle Olavi Niemitalo.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-branch.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 7 |
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 4e222f1..6d8cca4 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ branch.autosetupmerge:: so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that remote branch. Note that even if this option is not set, this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track` - and `--no-track` options. This option defaults to false. + and `--no-track` options. This option defaults to true. branch.<name>.remote:: When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch. diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index f920c04..7e8874a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the new branch. -When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git can setup the +When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the branch so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that -remote branch. If this behavior is desired, it is possible to make it -the default using the global `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration -flag. Otherwise, it can be chosen per-branch using the `--track` +remote branch. If this behavior is not desired, it is possible to +disable it using the global `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration +flag. That setting can be overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options. With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>. @@ -108,10 +108,11 @@ OPTIONS Set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from the remote branch. Use this if you always pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you - don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. Set the - branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you + don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. + This behavior is the default. Set the + branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to false if you want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if - '--track' were given. + '--no-track' were given. --no-track:: When a branch is created off a remote branch, diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 584359f..b4cfa04 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ OPTIONS set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from the remote branch. Use this if you always pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you - don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. Set the - branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you + don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. + This behavior is the default. Set the + branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to false if you want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if - '--track' were given. + '--no-track' were given. --no-track:: When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch, |