git- Creating a branch which will be pushed to a remote later

Question

I have a script which automatically creates a new branch with a name based on external information (JIRA ticket). I don\'t want to create the remote branch until I\'ve commi

Answer 1

Try --track instead of --set-upstream-to, eg:

git branch --track origin/mynewbranch

I haven't found out exactly what the difference between the two is, but --track seems to do what you're wanting (and what I was wanting to do when I found this question!)