title: Succinct way to create a tracking branch with Git
body: <p>Today I had to work with a remote branch called <code>origin/}__test_syntax_error_in_simpack_settings</code>. I wanted to create a tracking branch for it.</p>
  
  <p>I had to type:</p>
  
  <pre><code>git branch }__test_syntax_error_in_simpack_settings origin/}__test_syntax_error_in_simpack_settings
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I didn't have autocompletion on the first argument, only on the second. I don't like typing. Is there a faster way to do this? The main barrier is having to type the name of the new local tracking branch. Is there a way to tell Git, "create a tracking branch with the same name as <code>origin/whatever</code>?"</p>