R: Set remote tracking branch

branch_set_upstream {git2r} | R Documentation

## Set remote tracking branch

### Description

Set the upstream configuration for a given local branch

### Usage

    branch_set_upstream(branch, name)

    ## S4 method for signature 'git_branch'
    branch_set_upstream(branch, name)

### Arguments

`branch` | The branch to configure
`name` | remote-tracking or local branch to set as upstream. Pass NULL to unset.

### Value

invisible NULL

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    ## Initialize two temporary repositories
    path_bare <- tempfile(pattern="git2r-")
    path_repo <- tempfile(pattern="git2r-")
    dir.create(path_bare)
    dir.create(path_repo)
    repo_bare <- init(path_bare, bare = TRUE)
    repo <- clone(path_bare, path_repo)

    ## Config user and commit a file
    config(repo, user.name="Alice", user.email="alice@example.org")

    ## Write to a file and commit
    writeLines("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do",
               file.path(path_repo, "example.txt"))
    add(repo, "example.txt")
    commit(repo, "First commit message")

    ## Push commits from repository to bare repository
    ## Adds an upstream tracking branch to branch 'master'
    push(repo, "origin", "refs/heads/master")

    ## Unset remote remote tracking branch
    branch_get_upstream(head(repo))
    branch_set_upstream(head(repo), NULL)
    branch_get_upstream(head(repo))

    ## Set remote tracking branch
    branch_set_upstream(head(repo), "origin/master")
    branch_get_upstream(head(repo))

    ## End(Not run)

[Package git2r version 0.21.0 Index]