Set branch upstream
- Dominant language
- Go
- Stars
- 1.5k
- Forks
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- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
- 7
Description
Many tools expect to be able to find the associated upstream for a given branch; `gh stack` currently manages that internally.
When one does `gh stack init some-branch`, then at such time as `gh stack` actually pushes the branch to `origin`, it should do the equivalent of `git push --set-upstream origin some-branch` in order to create the association.
This lets the user push future changes with just `git push` (and check for updates with `git pull`), as well as letting `git status` show relative differences.
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Research direction
Trace the `gh stack init` and push flow in the Go CLI, starting where a branch is pushed to `origin`. Confirm the resulting behavior with a stacked branch: the first push should establish its upstream, and subsequent `git push`, `git pull`, and `git status` commands should use or report that association.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100