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On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Jeremy O'Brien <obrien654j@gmail.com> wrote:
> Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> Alternatively, maybe a "git track [REMOTE [BRANCH]]" command that simply
>> adds makes adding the appropriate config magic more convenient ?
>>
>> I dunno what the arg syntax would look like in the general case;
>> I almost always want to use the current branch, and track an identically
>> named branch in the origin remote though...

I don't think we need a new command, but it would probably fit into git remote

$ git remote track <remote> [<branch>]

j.