summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Documentation/git-pull.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorMatthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>2010-11-02 16:31:23 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-11-03 09:20:41 -0700
commit8b3f3f84b27e6bbac1b1558166b44431a8e78bb1 (patch)
treece61002777df7c0aa90570aa8fc1d7db5e7ffcc2 /Documentation/git-pull.txt
parentbc6dafc1445a9e04141ed6bf28326114bc2e9191 (diff)
downloadgit-8b3f3f84b27e6bbac1b1558166b44431a8e78bb1.tar.gz
Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"
One more step towards consistancy. We change the documentation and the C code in a single patch, since the only instances in the C code are in comment and usage strings. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-pull.txt')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pull.txt6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index 33e8438880..54e7013bab 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ and if there is not any such variable, the value on `URL: ` line
in `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>` file is used.
In order to determine what remote branches to fetch (and
-optionally store in the tracking branches) when the command is
+optionally store in the remote-tracking branches) when the command is
run without any refspec parameters on the command line, values
of the configuration variable `remote.<origin>.fetch` are
consulted, and if there aren't any, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>`
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
------------
A globbing refspec must have a non-empty RHS (i.e. must store
-what were fetched in tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS
+what were fetched in remote-tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS
must end with `/*`. The above specifies that all remote
-branches are tracked using tracking branches in
+branches are tracked using remote-tracking branches in
`refs/remotes/origin/` hierarchy under the same name.
The rule to determine which remote branch to merge after