Try reading from start to finish: https://git-scm.com/doc
Then this may make sense:
https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Remote-Branches
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On 5/4/2016 9:00 AM, desbest desbest wrote:
It says it adds an upstream tracking reference, but when I search the
website for references, it does not explain what a "tracking
reference" is.
The word tracking has no results on the page.
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On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 1:58:15 PM UTC+1, Magnus Therning wrote:
desbest desbest <afanint...@gmail.com <javascript:>> 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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