diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config/checkout.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/checkout.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/checkout.txt b/Documentation/config/checkout.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6b646813abad --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/config/checkout.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +checkout.defaultRemote:: + When you run 'git checkout <something>' + or 'git switch <something>' and only have one + remote, it may implicitly fall back on checking out and + tracking e.g. 'origin/<something>'. This stops working as soon + as you have more than one remote with a '<something>' + reference. This setting allows for setting the name of a + preferred remote that should always win when it comes to + disambiguation. The typical use-case is to set this to + `origin`. ++ +Currently this is used by linkgit:git-switch[1] and +linkgit:git-checkout[1] when 'git checkout <something>' +or 'git switch <something>' +will checkout the '<something>' branch on another remote, +and by linkgit:git-worktree[1] when 'git worktree add' refers to a +remote branch. This setting might be used for other checkout-like +commands or functionality in the future. |