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akantoword
akantoword

Reputation: 3044

Does making a new local branch automatically make a new tracked remote branch?

If I'm working on a branch A and git checkout master and then make a new branch B with git branch B, will this new branch automatically make a tracked branch on the remote repo? Thus, whenever I push from this branch, it will push to a new remote branch 'B' on the remote repo.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 47

Answers (2)

Makoto
Makoto

Reputation: 106430

No tracking branch is ever created automatically; it is a result of a direct user instruction.

I should point out that there are differences between creating a remote branch and creating a remote branch which is tracked locally. You can create a remote branch by pushing the branch you created right away, but that won't cause it to be tracked. You create a tracked branch one of two ways:

  • After the branch has been pushed and you are on the local branch you wish to track it with

    git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/branchname
# or
git branch -u origin/branchname

  • Before the branch has been pushed and you are on the branch you'd like to push

    git push -u origin branchname

For more nuance into the above two commands, this particular question provides a lot more detail.

Upvotes: 2

Andrew Rueckert
Andrew Rueckert

Reputation: 5215

The remote branch is created when you push, not when you create the local branch.

Upvotes: 1

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