checkout --track: make up a sensible branch name if '-b' was omitted What does the user most likely want with this command? $ git checkout --track origin/next Exactly. A branch called 'next', that tracks origin's branch 'next'. Make it so. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>