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authorMatthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>2010-11-02 16:31:23 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-11-03 09:20:41 -0700
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Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"
One more step towards consistancy. We change the documentation and the C code in a single patch, since the only instances in the C code are in comment and usage strings. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ to point at the new commit.
you have. In such these cases, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>>
<<def_commit,commit>> but instead just update to his
revision. This will happen frequently on a
- <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branch>> of a remote
+ <<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branch>> of a remote
<<def_repository,repository>>.
[[def_fetch]]fetch::
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
The default upstream <<def_repository,repository>>. Most projects have
at least one upstream project which they track. By default
'origin' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates
- will be fetched into remote <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branches>> named
+ will be fetched into remote <<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branches>> named
origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using
`git branch -r`.
@@ -349,6 +349,14 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
master branch head as to-upstream branch at $URL". See also
linkgit:git-push[1].
+[[def_remote_tracking_branch]]remote-tracking branch::
+ A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from
+ another <<def_repository,repository>>. A remote-tracking
+ branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits
+ made to it. A remote-tracking branch can usually be
+ identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull:
+ <<def_refspec,refspec>>.
+
[[def_repository]]repository::
A collection of <<def_ref,refs>> together with an
<<def_object_database,object database>> containing all objects
@@ -418,14 +426,6 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
that each contain very well defined concepts or small incremental yet
related changes.
-[[def_tracking_branch]]tracking branch::
- A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from
- another <<def_repository,repository>>. A tracking
- branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits
- made to it. A tracking branch can usually be
- identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull:
- <<def_refspec,refspec>>.
-
[[def_tree]]tree::
Either a <<def_working_tree,working tree>>, or a <<def_tree_object,tree
object>> together with the dependent <<def_blob_object,blob>> and tree objects