git status: on branch XXX Your branch is ahead of origin/YYY by 10 commits

Question

I have this message on git status:

# On branch YYY
# Your branch is ahead of 'origin/XXX' by 10 commits.
#
nothing to commit (working directory clean)

Branch YYY is child of branch XXX. But normally on git status I would expect:

# On branch YYY
# Your branch is ahead of 'origin/YYY' by 10 commits.
#
nothing to commit (working directory clean)

Git fetch does not solve the problem. Any ideas?

Output of git branch -avvv (filtered):

* XXX                              0d64037 [origin/YYY: ahead 10] test
  remotes/origin/XXX               0d64037 test

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-25T08:38:54.323

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Check the output of git branch -avvv

Maybe YYY has been set to track origin/XXX.

You can change it with:

git branch branch_name -u your_new_remote/branch_name
git branch YYY -u origin/YYY

# for git older than 1.8
git branch YYY --set-upstream origin/YYY

You will need to push YYY at least once, before seeing anything about origin/YYY in the git status output.

edited Sep 25 '14 at 08:38

answered Sep 25 '14 at 08:03

VonC

cannot find - u option – albanx Sep 25 '14 at 08:30
ok I solved with: git branch XXX --set-upstream origin/YYY and then I made a push as you suggested. you can add this to the answer. Thank you. – albanx Sep 25 '14 at 08:35
@albanx great. `-u` is for git 1.8 or later (see http://stackoverflow.com/a/4879224/6309) – VonC Sep 25 '14 at 08:37
@albanx depending on your OS, you can upgrade easily (for instance, for Ubuntu: http://stackoverflow.com/a/24847953/6309) – VonC Sep 25 '14 at 08:37
I have 1.7.1 git, so --set-upstream is the alternative – albanx Sep 25 '14 at 08:38
@albanx true, I have edited the answer to include the old option. – VonC Sep 25 '14 at 08:39

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