desbest desbest <afanintheho...@gmail.com> writes:
> I did read the manual, but it is unclear.
>
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>
>
> Searching the documentation for the word upstream is not of any help.
>
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Found in the manpage for git-push:
-u, --set-upstream
For every branch that is up to date or successfully pushed, add
upstream (tracking) reference, used by argument-less git-pull(1)
and other commands. For more information, see
branch.<name>.merge in git- config(1).
/M
> So what does -u in git push do?
>
> On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 10:01:26 AM UTC+1, Matěj Cepl wrote:
>>
>> On 2016-05-03, 22:28 GMT, desbest desbest wrote:
>> > What does the -u do?
>>
>> RTFM ... but it makes given repository default for the further
>> pushing. It works the same on GitHub/GitLab or with any other
>> Git repository, the difference is just in the documentation.
>>
>> Matěj
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