Documentation: Introduce "upstream branch"

Signed-off-by: Santi Béjar <santi@agolina.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Santi Béjar 2009-04-07 01:24:30 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ push.default::
* `matching` push all matching branches.
All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
matching. This is the default.
* `tracking` push the current branch to the branch it is tracking.
* `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch.
* `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
rebase.stat::

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@ -449,6 +449,12 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
An <<def_object,object>> which is not <<def_reachable,reachable>> from a
<<def_branch,branch>>, <<def_tag,tag>>, or any other reference.
[[def_upstream_branch]]upstream branch::
The default <<def_branch,branch>> that is merged into the branch in
question (or the branch in question is rebased onto). It is configured
via branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge. If the upstream branch
of 'A' is 'origin/B' sometimes we say "'A' is tracking 'origin/B'".
[[def_working_tree]]working tree::
The tree of actual checked out files. The working tree is
normally equal to the <<def_HEAD,HEAD>> plus any local changes