Matthieu Moy <[email protected]> writes:
> -u::
> --set-upstream::
> For every branch that is up to date or successfully pushed, add
> upstream (tracking) reference, used by argument-less
> linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information,
> see `branch.<name>.merge` in linkgit:git-config[1].
>
> Probably the reasoning was to make a symmetry between "git push
> --set-upstream", which mentions "pull" in the doc, and the new "git pull
> --set-upstream". However, I do not think there should be such symmetry:
Yeah, if "git push --set-upstream" affects the settings that is used
by "git pull", then the above description is good. Does this new
"git pull --set-upstream" affect the settings used by "git push"? I
somehow did not think so. It records the remote and branch used by
this particular "git pull" invocation in branch.<name>.{remote,merge}
for use by future uses of "git pull", right?
