'\" t .\" Title: git-nav-upstream .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 .\" Date: 04/10/2014 .\" Manual: Chromium depot_tools Manual .\" Source: depot_tools 1ce0237 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "GIT\-NAV\-UPSTREAM" "1" "04/10/2014" "depot_tools 1ce0237" "Chromium depot_tools Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" git-nav-upstream \- Checkout the upstream branch of the currently checked out branch\&. .SH "SYNOPSIS" .sp .nf \fIgit nav\-upstream\fR .fi .sp .SH "DESCRIPTION" .sp \fIgit\-nav\-upstream\fR takes the current branch, finds it\*(Aqs upstream branch, and checks that out\&. .SH "EXAMPLE" .sp .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf \fB$ git map\-branches\fR origin/master cool_feature \fB subfeature * \fR fixit frozen_branch \fB$ git nav\-upstream\fR Switched to branch \*(Aqcool_feature\*(Aq Your branch is ahead of \*(Aqorigin/master\*(Aq by 4 commits\&. (use "git push" to publish your local commits) \fB$ git map\-branches\fR origin/master \fB cool_feature * \fR subfeature fixit frozen_branch \fB$ git nav\-upstream\fR Note: checking out \*(Aqorigin/master\*(Aq\&. You are in \*(Aqdetached HEAD\*(Aq state\&. You can look around, make experimental \fB(1)\fR changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout\&. If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may do so (now or later) by using \-b with the checkout command again\&. Example: git checkout \-b new_branch_name HEAD is now at beec6f4\&.\&.\&. Make ReflectorImpl use mailboxes \fB$ git map\-branches\fR \fBorigin/master * \fR cool_feature subfeature fixit frozen_branch .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .sp 1\&. Note that being in a \fIdetached HEAD\fR state is OK\&. You\(cqll just want to create a \fBgit-new-branch\fR(1) from here\&. .SH "SUGGESTED ALIASES" .sp Some common short\-hand aliases\&. Feel free to add these to your \fI~/\&.gitconfig\fR file\&. .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf [alias] git up = nav\-upstream .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .sp .SH "SEE ALSO" .sp \fBgit-map-branches\fR(1), \fBgit-nav-downstream\fR(1) .SH "CHROMIUM DEPOT_TOOLS" .sp Part of the chromium \fBdepot_tools\fR(7) suite\&. These tools are meant to assist with the development of chromium and related projects\&. Download the tools from \m[blue]\fBhere\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2\&. .SH "NOTES" .IP " 1." 4 here .RS 4 \%https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git .RE