How do I push a new local branch to a remote Git repository and track it too?

Question

I want to be able to do the following:

1. Create a local branch based on some other (remote or local) branch (via git branch or git checkout

Answer 1

In Git 1.7.0 and later, you can checkout a new branch:

git checkout -b 

Edit files, add and commit. Then push with the -u (short for --set-upstream) option:

git push -u origin 

Git will set up the tracking information during the push.