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Overview
Various ways to establish tracking branches. Use linux-next remote ln with branches:
masterakpmakpm-basepending-fixesstable
Start tracking an upstream branch
$ git branch [-u|--set-upstream-to=] ln/akpm [localname]
Examples:
$ git branch -u ln/akpm $ git branch -u ln/akpm myakpm $ git branch --set-upstream-to=ln/akpm $ git branch --set-upstream-to=ln/akpm myakpm