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Examples of three branch tracking info techniques in Git
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git-tracking-info.bash
% git status --branch
# On branch master
# Your branch is behind 'origin/master' by 1 commit, and can be fast-forwarded.
#
nothing to commit (working directory clean)
% git branch -v
* master a60b37e [behind 1] First checkin
mynewfeature 7a910dc Checking in everything
% git branch -vv
* master a60b37e [origin/master: behind 1] First checkin
mynewfeature 7a910dc Checking in everything
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