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authorSanti Béjar <santi@agolina.net>2009-04-07 01:24:30 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-04-07 22:04:41 -0700
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Documentation: Introduce "upstream branch"
Signed-off-by: Santi Béjar <santi@agolina.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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An <<def_object,object>> which is not <<def_reachable,reachable>> from a
<<def_branch,branch>>, <<def_tag,tag>>, or any other reference.
+[[def_upstream_branch]]upstream branch::
+ The default <<def_branch,branch>> that is merged into the branch in
+ question (or the branch in question is rebased onto). It is configured
+ via branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge. If the upstream branch
+ of 'A' is 'origin/B' sometimes we say "'A' is tracking 'origin/B'".
+
[[def_working_tree]]working tree::
The tree of actual checked out files. The working tree is
normally equal to the <<def_HEAD,HEAD>> plus any local changes