gistfile1.txt

$ git rb explain publish
git_remote_branch version 0.3.0

List of operations to do to publish an exiting local branch:

git push origin branch_to_publish:refs/heads/branch_to_publish
git fetch origin
git config branch.branch_to_publish.remote origin
git config branch.branch_to_publish.merge refs/heads/branch_to_publish
git checkout branch_to_publish

gistfile2.txt

$ git rb explain track
git_remote_branch version 0.3.0

List of operations to do to track an existing remote branch:

git fetch origin
git branch --track branch_to_track origin/branch_to_track