From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5B221F461 for ; Sat, 18 May 2019 12:18:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729791AbfERMSQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 May 2019 08:18:16 -0400 Received: from mail-it1-f177.google.com ([209.85.166.177]:56010 "EHLO mail-it1-f177.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728283AbfERMSQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 May 2019 08:18:16 -0400 Received: by mail-it1-f177.google.com with SMTP id q132so16056039itc.5 for ; Sat, 18 May 2019 05:18:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=ARiKllkzgTYis5POQxHLl3Y3t1KagU6E1blcO4nZb8o=; b=lqh32NRQCg6pjdFBx5ebbzAaEI5/1q274gnYkRPvkwGQWbEP3UXjLipdOr0ayrhQcX EBXFHp3O58RwXhYu5CTN8i0M1Fgu3Q0ullMgmQnADRCcOYi4V2FE7Ip+9BsHl/7tAsD0 9+YLi5W0EwrSCD2BUq298GEh8bMH7xilxLo2ZGhBK7J6w115Z3BFx4AAyAtfA2jedp0g 5DL8vETh0SFb1X7A0cO91wDUG5tO55/NrTqpjCgj/y0/XEZuxcCM0pS3tz/eIHelrDiL mGAnbPxPiBIN20KxPhwa+3sSwkuSbotbX9n1uu0aWKpu8nYtgi4jpd2IMk85Au6zZJj9 UJTw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=ARiKllkzgTYis5POQxHLl3Y3t1KagU6E1blcO4nZb8o=; b=Gz0bNjNpx+gGK6pILHAS+eHe6aXiUehI+QnBH6lhmVYwyhKeLkTwNsPeESoRItgF0+ PGQTe+8LIWnvuczVN8DxqGzGUUch1xeaUiIJfT6q0II1/nK7WwKlvbJoyNDzVSGUYoOD Se97ifXzfQJdPF/z6oDeZNgbRgIjyIlqpiADR67Xwpz1FWl8Nq/DcHA2yPqipQilYP4a pJ0XinaSsHai+G6nCvilaPORqfnOpD3/nH/Yj8oQGw/Al8WJ3FU56uveqPTZa/1cAUoI FQiGbzk6CWSDpY2H47wwhbcHpJ0QKUZswsLCbAqgJ2lImQ6YQg46uVF8q6LQzchcoQFR vvqQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWxYQZu9kE4iMBgCC11EwszvXHPHCfiFn/vvO+hub4+EI1y82JI 6va8IU2eymzYELtyHoD/v1yUG6rUNmHPem6utOg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzDGkswPWgeJcuTYqHXjkqdg4EaAdDZo1zNDetbkmMeBqZelIdybmZMz12D5mZYTNaFUJ1lIkjlsHKE6FSWFAU= X-Received: by 2002:a02:3002:: with SMTP id q2mr2228533jaq.30.1558181895765; Sat, 18 May 2019 05:18:15 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5CDA8D37020000A100031319@gwsmtp.uni-regensburg.de> <0c9ec78a-9245-e1df-7ec6-a5d77d1a5261@iee.org> In-Reply-To: From: Duy Nguyen Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 19:17:49 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Missing branches after clone To: Philip Oakley Cc: Ulrich Windl , Git Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 6:10 PM Philip Oakley wrote: > >> It is a 'branch which tracks a remote', and it is has the 'last time I > >> looked' state of the branch that is on the remote server, which may > >> have, by now, advanced or changed. > >> > >> So you need to have the three distinct views in your head of 'My branch, > >> held locally', 'my copy of Their branch, from when I last looked', and > >> 'Their branch, on a remote server, in a state I haven't seen recently'. > > What I was looking for is this. I don't think we have something like > > this in the man pages (I only checked a few though) and not even sure > > where it should be if it should be added to the man pages, git-branch? > > git-remote? git-fetch? git-branch.txt might be the best place because > > this is still about branches. > > > At the moment its in `git help glossary`, but could be improved, and > references to it given in the various man pages. It does not look easy to link to a specific term/section between man pages. The way user-manual.html does it is to embed the whole glossary. I suppose we could still do something similar after breaking down glossary.txt (like we do with config.txt) the only include relevant terms. Not sure if this a really good idea to pursue. -- Duy