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Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] user-manual.txt: explain better the
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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:20:03 -0400
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On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> wrote:
> +In this case, "origin" is called a remote repository, or "remote" for
> +short. The branches of this repository are called "remote branches"
> +from our point of view, and Git will keep a copy of these
> +branches, called "remote-tracking branches" in the local repository.
> +These remote-tracking branches are references that will be updated by
> +"git fetch" (hence by "git pull"). See
> +<<Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch>> for details.

"...and Git will initially clone these branches into so-called
"remote-tracking branches" in the local repository. Thereafter, the
remote-tracking branches are updated upon fetching from[1] or pushing
to the remote. ([1] which also includes pulling.)

j.