Subject: Re: How can i find the origin of a branch?

From: Kristian Amlie <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:10:34 +0200

ext Alex Riesen wrote:
> 2009/6/15 Kristian Amlie <[email-masked]>:
>> ext Dotan Barak wrote:
>>> Is it possible to find the origin of a branch?
>>> (the remote repository that this branch was cloned and checked out from)
>> git config -l
>>
>> Assuming you're on the master branch, branch.master.remote and
>> branch.master.merge will tell you which remote and which branch you are
>> tracking. Assuming that the remote is origin, you can check
>> remote.origin.url to see the URL of the repo.
> 
> Except when it is just happen to have the same name.
> IOW, it is a BIG oversimplification.

Probably, but why make the simple case overcomplicated? It should give
you the answer in 90% of the cases.

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Kristian