Inaccurate -- I wrote one of those. :) But do note that instead of this: git checkout -t origin/feature You can do this: git checkout feature It'l

Inaccurate -- I wrote one of those. :) But do note that instead of this: git checkout -t origin/feature You can do this: git checkout feature It'll find a branch named "feature" in one of your remotes and make a local branch that tracks it.