'origin' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates
will be fetched into remote <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branches>> named
origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using
- "`git branch -r`".
+ `git branch -r`.
[[def_pack]]pack::
A set of objects which have been compressed into one file (to save space
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
- that you have made but not yet committed.
+ The tree of actual checked out files. The working tree normally
+ contains the contents of the <<def_HEAD,HEAD>> commit's tree,
+ plus any local changes that you have made but not yet committed.