Tracking in Git

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Scenario                                                                          | Tracking set up
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Clone a (non-emtpy) repo, use the branch which is checked out automatically       | Y
Push a branch to a remote, that doesn't exist on the remote                       | N     
Push a branch to a remote, that doesn't exist on the remote, with push -u         | Y
Checkout a branch from a remote, without -t (specified or implied)                | N
Checkout a branch from a remote, with -t (specified or implied)                   | Y

initial tracking

1.  Clone an empty repo.
      'git fetch' fetches objects: Y
      'git pull' works: Y
      'git push' works: N
2.  git push origin master
      'git fetch' fetches objects: Y
      'git pull' works: Y
      'git push' works: Y
3.  git checkout -b new_branch
      'git fetch' fetches objects: Y
      'git pull' works: N
      'git push' works: Y
4.  git push origin new_branch
      'git fetch' fetches objects: Y
      'git pull' works: N
      'git push' works: N
5.  git push -u origin new_branch
      'git fetch' fetches objects: Y
      'git pull' works: Y
      'git push' works: Y
6.  git checkout -b another_branch
      'git fetch' fetches objects: Y
      'git pull' works: N
      'git push' works: N
7.  git push origin another_branch
      'git fetch' fetches objects: Y
      'git pull' works: N
      'git push' works: Y
8.  git branch --set-upstream another_branch origin/another_branch
      'git fetch' fetches objects: Y
      'git pull' works: Y
      'git push' works: Y
9.  git checkout master &&
    git branch -d new_branch &&
    git checkout -t origin/new_branch OR git checkout -b new_branch origin/new_branch
      'git fetch' fetches objects: Y
      'git pull' works: Y
      'git push' works: Y
10. git checkout master &&
    git branch -d new_branch &&
    git checkout --no-track -b new_branch origin/new_branch
      'git fetch' fetches objects: Y
      'git pull' works: N
      'git push' works: N