Various ways to establish tracking branches. Use linux-next remote ln with branches:

• master
• akpm
• akpm-base
• pending-fixes
• stable

$ git fetch ln
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===== Start tracking an upstream branch =====

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$ 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