8 Aug 2011
A script to make an existing git branch track a remote branch. For example when you’ve cloned from somewhere else and now want to track your normal remote.
% cat ~/bin/gittrack #!/bin/bash # vim: ai ts=4 sts=4 et sw=4 ft=sh current_branch=$(git symbolic-ref -q HEAD) current_branch=${current_branch##refs/heads/} current_branch=${current_branch:-HEAD} if [ $current_branch = 'HEAD' ] ; then echo echo "On a detached head. Exiting..." exit 1 fi remote=${1:-origin} git branch --set-upstream $current_branch $remote/$current_branch
Of course your global gitconfig should also have autosetupmerge (below), but this script handles situations where you want to setup/change the tracking branch.
[branch] autosetupmerge = truecomments powered by Disqus