{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/progit/progit2/issues/268","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/progit/progit2/issues/268/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/progit/progit2/issues/268/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/progit/progit2/issues/268/events","html_url":"https://github.com/progit/progit2/pull/268","id":62845078,"number":268,"title":"Mention shortest command to track remote branches","user":{"login":"jojva","id":2502717,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2502717?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jojva","html_url":"https://github.com/jojva","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jojva/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jojva/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jojva/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jojva/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jojva/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jojva/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jojva/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jojva/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jojva/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":6,"created_at":"2015-03-19T01:44:22Z","updated_at":"2015-11-12T22:46:53Z","closed_at":null,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/progit/progit2/pulls/268","html_url":"https://github.com/progit/progit2/pull/268","diff_url":"https://github.com/progit/progit2/pull/268.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/progit/progit2/pull/268.patch"},"body":"When reading the paragraph about tracking remote branches, I found it weird that the simple `git checkout <branch>` command was not mentioned. For a quick refresh, here is what the man page says:\r\n```\r\ngit checkout <branch>\r\n    [...]\r\n    If <branch> is not found but there does exist a tracking branch in exactly one remote\r\n    (call it <remote>) with a matching name, treat as equivalent to\r\n        $ git checkout -b <branch> --track <remote>/<branch>\r\n```\r\nI've almost never explicitly tracked a branch, I always use this syntax if I have 1 remote because it's short and obvious.\r\nI'm open to suggestions/rewordings/criticism.\r\n               \r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/progit/progit2/issues/comments/156261358","html_url":"https://github.com/progit/progit2/pull/268#issuecomment-156261358","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/progit/progit2/issues/268","id":156261358,"user":{"login":"ben","id":39902,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39902?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ben","html_url":"https://github.com/ben","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ben/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ben/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ben/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ben/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ben/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ben/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ben/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ben/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ben/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-12T22:46:53Z","updated_at":"2015-11-12T22:46:53Z","body":":heart_eyes: "}}