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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> I'd personally be ok with a
>
> 	git clone --default=<branch> <url>
>
> to create something where "master" defaults to some other remote branch, 
> but that just addresses the syntax. And quite frankly, I don't think we 
> *need* to. We should just tell people how _easy_ it is to track some other 
> branch now.

I agree with this (and everything you said in your message).
Keep the semantics the same, except that behave as if remote
HEAD pointed at a different branch than what it really points
at.

If Carl is also happy with the syntax, we can conclude this
discussion and:

 (1) have that as an enhancement to git-clone;

 (2) add a how-to document or a section to the manual to teach
     people how to track one or more branches, based on the
     messages already posted on this thread.