This message is usually displayed when you run the git push
or git pull
command to synchronize the local repository with a remote repository. It means that the master
branch in the local repository is set up to track the master
branch on the origin
remote.
In Git, the origin
remote is a default name that is used to refer to the remote repository from which you cloned the local repository. When you clone a repository, Git automatically creates a remote called origin
and sets it to the URL of the repository that you cloned.
The master
branch is the default branch in a Git repository. When you create a new repository, the master
branch is created by default. The master
branch is usually used to store the main or stable version of your code.
So, when you see this message, it means that the master
branch in your local repository is tracking the master
branch on the origin
remote, and any changes you make to the master
branch in your local repository will be pushed to the origin
remote’s master
branch, and vice versa.