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| author | Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> | 2008-02-19 19:24:38 +0300 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-02-20 08:22:29 +0300 |
| commit | 572fc81d21b26d856dd3c2cc366b7452a4ed16e4 (patch) | |
| tree | 622e63b08bb0c79021d70ce2bc0d75a6f6565210 /Documentation/config.txt | |
| parent | 9ed36cfa35cfbd09c454f12194a91cd50ba284d1 (diff) | |
doc: documentation update for the branch track changes
Documents the branch.autosetupmerge=always setting and usage of --track
when branching from a local branch.
Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 877eda960d..f5994bd4a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -330,10 +330,14 @@ apply.whitespace:: branch.autosetupmerge:: Tells `git-branch` and `git-checkout` to setup new branches - so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that - remote branch. Note that even if this option is not set, + so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the + starting point 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. The valid settings are: `false` -- no + automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the + starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is + done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote + branch. This option defaults to true. branch.<name>.remote:: When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch. |