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I'm trying to track an exiting branch to a remote branch using --track or --set-upstream-to, but got the following error

$ git branch --track master origin/master
fatal: A branch named 'master' already exists.   
$ git branch --set-upstream-to master origin/master
fatal: branch 'origin/master' does not exist

I checked SourceTree and found that it uses --set-upstream, but got the following warning 

$ git branch --set-upstream master origin/master
The --set-upstream flag is deprecated and will be removed. Consider using --track or --set-upstream-to
Branch master set up to track remote branch master from origin.

Both --track and --set-upstream-to is not working, Am I missing something?

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    Did you try --set-upstream-to? In your question you only mention --set-upstream. Also note that you can accomplish the same thing with the -u flag to git push (git push -u origin master).
    – larsks
    Commented Feb 12, 2014 at 13:42
  • For that matter, the --set-upstream actually worked. It just first printed a warning: "this old variant is going away, modify your code and/or habits to use the new variant, --set-upstream-to". (The --set-upstream-to version takes the parameters in the other order, allowing it to default to "set current branch" like other git branch commands.)
    – torek
    Commented Feb 12, 2014 at 23:31
  • For what it's worth, here is the documentation for git branch.
    – user456814
    Commented May 23, 2014 at 18:10
  • Duplicate of How do you make an existing Git branch track a remote branch?
    – user456814
    Commented May 23, 2014 at 18:26

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I think I got it, it will be as the following (used --set-upstream-to + remote name)

$ git branch --set-upstream-to origin/master
Branch master set up to track remote branch master from origin.
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