EGit: why "Local branch as upstream is not recommended"?
<p>When I create a new branch, if I set "<em>Configure upstream for push and pull</em>" a warning appears (circled in blue in the screenshot). Why is that not recommended ? What potential problems or disadvantages does that have ?</p>

<p>I ran that warning through search engines and searched for it on <a href="https://git-scm.com" rel="noreferrer">https://git-scm.com</a> and <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/egit/" rel="noreferrer">https://www.eclipse.org/egit/</a> but I found nothing, and when I click the "?" help button in that dialog nothing happens.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/rOKsZ.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/rOKsZ.png" alt="&quot;Create Branch&quot; dialog."></a></p>

<p>Also, if I wanted to follow the suggestion from that warning and "use remote branch", how do I do that ? Except of course the "<em>Configure upstream for push and pull</em>" checkbox, nothing that I change in that dialog causes the warning to disappear.</p>