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# Add the alias
git config --global alias.retrack '!retrack() { git config "branch.$1.remote" $(dirname "$2"); git config "branch.$1.merge" "refs/heads/$(basename "$2")"; }; retrack'
# We want the local branch 'mybranch' to track the remote branch 'origin/mybranch':
git retrack mybranch origin/mybranch
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