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branch: add flags and config to inherit tracking

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It can be helpful when creating a new branch to use the existing
tracking configuration from the branch point. However, there is
currently not a method to automatically do so.

Teach git-{branch,checkout,switch} an "inherit" argument to the
"--track" option. When this is set, creating a new branch will cause the
tracking configuration to default to the configuration of the branch
point, if set.

For example, if branch "main" tracks "origin/main", and we run
`git checkout --track=inherit -b feature main`, then branch "feature"
will track "origin/main". Thus, `git status` will show us how far
ahead/behind we are from origin, and `git pull` will pull from origin.

This is particularly useful when creating branches across many
submodules, such as with `git submodule foreach ...` (or if running with
a patch such as [1], which we use at $job), as it avoids having to
manually set tracking info for each submodule.

Since we've added an argument to "--track", also add "--track=direct" as
another way to explicitly get the original "--track" behavior ("--track"
without an argument still works as well).

Finally, teach branch.autoSetupMerge a new "inherit" option. When this
is set, "--track=inherit" becomes the default behavior.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20180927221603.148025-1-sbeller@google.com/

Signed-off-by: Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Josh Steadmon
2021-12-20 19:30:23 -08:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent a3f40ec4b0
commit d3115660b4
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@ -1530,8 +1530,10 @@ static struct option *add_common_switch_branch_options(
{
struct option options[] = {
OPT_BOOL('d', "detach", &opts->force_detach, N_("detach HEAD at named commit")),
OPT_SET_INT('t', "track", &opts->track, N_("set upstream info for new branch"),
BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT),
OPT_CALLBACK_F('t', "track", &opts->track, "direct|inherit",
N_("set up tracking mode (see git-pull(1))"),
PARSE_OPT_OPTARG | PARSE_OPT_LITERAL_ARGHELP,
parse_opt_tracking_mode),
OPT__FORCE(&opts->force, N_("force checkout (throw away local modifications)"),
PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE),
OPT_STRING(0, "orphan", &opts->new_orphan_branch, N_("new-branch"), N_("new unparented branch")),