reference-upstream-branch.md

date
2024-01-04

Easily reference upstream branch

Today I learned that you can reference the upstream branch in git with @{u}.

I used this to make a convenient git alias reso for "reset to origin":

git config --global alias.reso "reset --keep @{u}"

note: I'm using --keep instead of --hard because it's a bit safer

I use this when a branch I've pulled down has completely changed on the remote and I have no changes (for instance when reviewing a PR) and a pull would be messy (a reset is also much faster depending on the number of commits).

Or if I've completely borked my local branch and want to start over from where I last pushed 😅.