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Diffstat (limited to 'branch.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | branch.h | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -18,6 +18,28 @@ extern enum branch_track git_branch_track; /* Functions for acting on the information about branches. */ +/** + * Sets branch.<new_ref>.{remote,merge} config settings such that + * new_ref tracks orig_ref according to the specified tracking mode. + * + * - new_ref is the name of the branch that we are setting tracking + * for. + * + * - orig_ref is the name of the ref that is 'upstream' of new_ref. + * orig_ref will be expanded with DWIM so that the config settings + * are in the correct format e.g. "refs/remotes/origin/main" instead + * of "origin/main". + * + * - track is the tracking mode e.g. BRANCH_TRACK_REMOTE causes + * new_ref to track orig_ref directly, whereas BRANCH_TRACK_INHERIT + * causes new_ref to track whatever orig_ref tracks. + * + * - quiet suppresses tracking information. + */ +void dwim_and_setup_tracking(struct repository *r, const char *new_ref, + const char *orig_ref, enum branch_track track, + int quiet); + /* * Creates a new branch, where: * |