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Lurzim Sabahudin
Lurzim Sabahudin

Reputation: 193

How to configure a local branch to permanently track a differently named remote branch in git

This seems like a really basic operation, but I haven't been able to find a conclusive answer to it.

I often locally create a new branch like this: git checkout -b new_feature

Then later, I create a remote branch through something like bitbucket or gitlab and want to link my local branch to that newly created remote.

I know i can push to that remote via:

git push origin new_feature:bitbucket_branch_name

But I find this tedious and wonder if there's a more elegant solution to this, eg. set the remote branch to track once and work with classic git pull/git push from then onward.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 55

Answers (2)

Alim Özdemir
Alim Özdemir

Reputation: 2624

You can set the remote origin by

git remote set-url origin bitbucket_url

verify by

git remote -v

Next set branch by

git branch -u bitbucket_branch_name/local_branch_name

From then on git pull/push works with that as default, i.e. no url needed.

Upvotes: -1

axiac
axiac

Reputation: 72177

The command you are looking for is:

git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/bitbucket_branch_name new_feature

Read more about git branch --set-upstream-to.

Upvotes: 3

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