Use git push -u to create remote-tracking branch (#82)

phdru · brettcannon · commit c0081b22e098 · 2016-12-11T11:29:49.000-08:00
diff --git a/committing.rst b/committing.rst
@@ -350,6 +350,15 @@ push it to my private branch I do::
 
    git push origin bug1234
 
+Option ``-u|--set-upstream`` creates a remote-tracking branch that tracks what
+have been pushed to ``origin``::
+
+   git push -u origin bug1234
+
+That allows to avoid rebasing beyond already pushed commits.
+``git status --branch`` and ``git branch --verbose`` remind that the branch(es)
+have not pushed commits.
+
 
 Synchronizing remotes
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