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I'm not exactly sure what you want with the whole of rd, but …programmatically get the name of the remote branch which my local branch is tracking… sounds very much like the @{upstream}/@{u} ...
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#2: Post edited
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Michael
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2025-03-03T23:27:38Z (about 23 hours ago)
Fix typo. Add sample
- I'm not exactly sure what you want with the whole of `rd`, but
- > …programmatically get the name of the remote branch which my local branch is tracking…
sounds very much like [the `@{upstream}`/`@{u}` shortcut][1]. You can provide a branch before it to refer to the tracked remote of that branch, or leave it bare to refer to the tracked remote of the branch you current have checked out.- [1]: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitrevisions#Documentation/gitrevisions.txt-emltbranchnamegtupstreamemegemmasterupstreamememuem
- I'm not exactly sure what you want with the whole of `rd`, but
- > …programmatically get the name of the remote branch which my local branch is tracking…
- sounds very much like [the `@{upstream}`/`@{u}` shortcut][1]. You can provide a branch before it to refer to the tracked remote of that branch, or leave it bare to refer to the tracked remote of the branch you currently have checked out.
- If `remote1` is actually the tracking remote for `master`, you could even write the alias as
- ```ini
- [alias]
- rd = range-diff master..@{u} master@{u}..HEAD
- ```
- [1]: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitrevisions#Documentation/gitrevisions.txt-emltbranchnamegtupstreamemegemmasterupstreamememuem
#1: Initial revision
by
Michael
·
2025-03-03T23:23:00Z (about 23 hours ago)
I'm not exactly sure what you want with the whole of `rd`, but
> …programmatically get the name of the remote branch which my local branch is tracking…
sounds very much like [the `@{upstream}`/`@{u}` shortcut][1]. You can provide a branch before it to refer to the tracked remote of that branch, or leave it bare to refer to the tracked remote of the branch you current have checked out.
[1]: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitrevisions#Documentation/gitrevisions.txt-emltbranchnamegtupstreamemegemmasterupstreamememuem