#!/bin/bash
# written up by Jan Engelhardt, 2008
# Public Domain

current_branch=$(pcregrep -o '(?<=^ref: refs/heads/).+$' .git/HEAD);
if [[ -z "$current_branch" ]]; then
	echo You do not seem to be on a branch >&2;
	exit 1;
fi;

remote_name="${1%/*}";
remote_branch="${1#*/}";

git config branch.$current_branch.remote $remote_name
git config branch.$current_branch.merge $remote_branch
