The meaning of tracking in git
- by user273158
In an article that has been cited in StackOverflow a few times (e.g. 1) , the author discusses the asymmetry between git push and git pull, and mentions the following:
Update: Thanks to David Ongaro, who points out below that since git
1.7.4.2, the recommended value for the push.default option is upstream rather than tracking, although…