Note the correct way to make a branch to track a remote branch.

diff --git a/pod/perlrepository.pod b/pod/perlrepository.pod
index 0ba315d..80fe8ec 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlrepository.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrepository.pod
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ To switch to another branch:
 
   % git checkout origin/maint-5.8-dor
 
+To make a local branch of a remote branch:
+
+  % git checkout -b maint-5.10 origin/maint-5.10
+
 To switch back to blead:
 
   % git checkout blead