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>>>>> "Aghiles" == Aghiles  <aghilesk@gmail.com> writes:


Aghiles> Using :
Aghiles>   git branch test
Aghiles>   git checkout test
Aghiles>   git pull origin HEAD

I do this:

    git checkout -b test origin/test
    ...
    git pull

And it seems to work.  It even announces that my test is tracking origin/test.

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