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authorJunio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org>2008-02-12 03:18:52 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org>2008-02-12 03:18:52 +0000
commit9c33415fc305e37bd5a1f399bae1c3b9e2559571 (patch)
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Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.5.4.1-97-g40aab
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@@ -296,11 +296,11 @@ equal to that of the currently checked out branch.</p>
<p>Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the
working tree to it; use "git checkout &lt;newbranch&gt;" to switch to the
new branch.</p>
-<p>When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git can setup the
+<p>When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the
branch so that <a href="git-pull.html">git-pull(1)</a> will appropriately merge from that
-remote branch. If this behavior is desired, it is possible to make it
-the default using the global <tt>branch.autosetupmerge</tt> configuration
-flag. Otherwise, it can be chosen per-branch using the <tt>--track</tt>
+remote branch. If this behavior is not desired, it is possible to
+disable it using the global <tt>branch.autosetupmerge</tt> configuration
+flag. That setting can be overridden by using the <tt>--track</tt>
and <tt>--no-track</tt> options.</p>
<p>With a <em>-m</em> or <em>-M</em> option, &lt;oldbranch&gt; will be renamed to &lt;newbranch&gt;.
If &lt;oldbranch&gt; had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match
@@ -436,10 +436,11 @@ clean up all obsolete remote-tracking branches.</p>
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 &lt;repository&gt; &lt;refspec&gt;" explicitly. Set the
- branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you
+ don't want to use "git pull &lt;repository&gt; &lt;refspec&gt;" 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
- <em>--track</em> were given.
+ <em>--no-track</em> were given.
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@@ -565,7 +566,7 @@ a branch and check it out with a single command.</p>
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+Last updated 12-Feb-2008 03:18:04 UTC
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