Problem: we would like to set up a new branch off of an existing branch in a remote and make sure local/remote tracking is set up properly.

In this example, our remote is Github and we are trying to create a branch named “develop” off of an existing remote branch called “master”.

> git clone git@github.com:zaphpa/zaphpa.git develop
> cd develop/

# Branch a new "develop" branch off of master branch
> git checkout -b develop master
> git status

# Push new "develop" branch to origin
> git push origin develop
> git remote show origin

# Make local branch track the upstream branch
> git branch --set-upstream develop origin/develop

Note: If you are using GitHub you will need to make a push from the new branch to see it in the GitHub branches view.