How to set default upstream for a new branch in git?

Question

I'd like to set the default upstream branch of any branch I create locally to be origin/main .

This is mainly for pull --rebase , since we never push to remote (only through a code review process).

Right now I achieve this by:

$ git checkout -b some-new-branch-name
$ git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/main

It's OK (I have a Bash alias to do that for me), but I was wondering whether I can set git's config to do that automatically.

So far I looked through the git-config documentation and StackOverflow questions but haven't found a solution.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

You can set the branch.autoSetupMerge option to true to have Git automatically enable --track (which is equivalent to setting the upstream) for branches that are created from remote refs.

However, true is actually the default value for this setting - the reason you're likely not seeing its effect is because you're actually creating branches that start from the local copy of main .

If you create your branches with something like:

git checkout -b new-branch-name origin/main`

Then then would automatically track origin/main .

Answer 2

您可以使用检出后挂钩设置上游分支https://schacon.github.io/git/githooks.html