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Shallow dive into #git aliases. 2/2

To debug git aliases run this command

$ export GIT_TRACE=1

What I have accomplished is I'm able to track remote branch by typing only

$ git track <remote_branch_name>

If I want to track and switch, I can use aliases recursively

[alias]
swtrack = "!f(){ git track $1; git checkout $1; }; f"

Further reading:

Git Aliases -- https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Git-Aliases

One weird trick for powerful Git aliases -- https://www.atlassian.com/blog/git/advanced-git-aliases