I want to be able to do the following:
-
Create a local branch based on some other (remote or local) branch (via
git branch
orgit checkout -b
) -
Push the local branch
to the remote repository (publish), but make it
trackable sogit pull
andgit push
will work immediately.
How do I do that?
I know about --set-upstream
in Git 1.7, but that is a post-creation action. I want to find a way to make a similar change when pushing the branch to the remote repository.
1
In Git 1.7.0 and later, you can checkout a new branch:
git checkout -b <branch>
Edit files, add and commit. Then push with the -u
(short for --set-upstream
) option:
git push -u origin <branch>
Git will set up the tracking information during the push.