I know how to make a new branch that tracks remote branches, but how do I make an existing branch track a remote branch?
I know I can just edit the .git/config
file, but it seems there should be an easier way.
When you're publishing a local branch. You can tell Git to track the newly created remote branch simply by using the -u flag with "git push".
You can check tracking branches by running the “git branch” command with the “-vv” option. We can set the upstream branch using the “git push” command. $ git push -u origin branch Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) * [new branch] branch -> branch Branch 'branch' set up to track remote branch 'branch' from 'origin'.
Remote-tracking branches are references to the state of remote branches. They're local references that you can't move; Git moves them for you whenever you do any network communication, to make sure they accurately represent the state of the remote repository.
Given a branch foo
and a remote upstream
:
As of Git 1.8.0:
git branch -u upstream/foo
Or, if local branch foo
is not the current branch:
git branch -u upstream/foo foo
Or, if you like to type longer commands, these are equivalent to the above two:
git branch --set-upstream-to=upstream/foo git branch --set-upstream-to=upstream/foo foo
As of Git 1.7.0 (before 1.8.0):
git branch --set-upstream foo upstream/foo
Notes:
foo
to track remote branch foo
from remote upstream
.git fetch upstream
beforehand.See also: Why do I need to do `--set-upstream` all the time?
You can do the following (assuming you are checked out on master and want to push to a remote branch master):
Set up the 'remote' if you don't have it already
git remote add origin ssh://...
Now configure master to know to track:
git config branch.master.remote origin git config branch.master.merge refs/heads/master
And push:
git push origin master
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