From 9c33415fc305e37bd5a1f399bae1c3b9e2559571 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junio C Hamano
Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the new branch.
-When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git can setup the +
When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the branch so that git-pull(1) will appropriately merge from that -remote branch. If this behavior is desired, it is possible to make it -the default using the global branch.autosetupmerge configuration -flag. Otherwise, it can be chosen per-branch using the --track +remote branch. If this behavior is not desired, it is possible to +disable it using the global branch.autosetupmerge configuration +flag. That setting can be overridden by using the --track and --no-track options.
With a -m or -M option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>. If <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match @@ -436,10 +436,11 @@ clean up all obsolete remote-tracking branches.
Set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from the remote branch. Use this if you always pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you - don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. Set the - branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you + don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. + This behavior is the default. Set the + branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to false if you want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if - --track were given. + --no-track were given.