Tracking a remote branch in git

Hello everyone.
My git setup is as follows:

One local repository residing at D:\Dev\ProjectName
One remote repository residing at W:\ProjectName

W is actually a removable disk.

Now, both repositories are connected through remotes. For example, git
remote -v in the local repository gives:

storengo    W:\ProjectName (fetch)
storengo    W:\ProjectName (push)

The same command in the remote repository gives:

origin    D:\Dev\ProjectName (fetch)
origin    D:\Dev\ProjectName (push)

Obviously, when I am in the master branch, I can synchronize repositories
between each other through git push and git pull.

Then I created a branch in the repository on the removable drive W and named
it newfeature. The question is: How can I work with this branch on the local
repository as well? I mean, I need the same 'relationship' between branches
as in case of the master branch.

I tried the following command on the local repository (which was checked out
to the master branch at that time):

git branch --track newfeature storengo/newfeature,

but received an error fatal: Not a valid object name: 'storengo/newfeature'.

With this command I was hoping to create a local branch which would be
'connected' to the same remote branch. As I've said, no luck there.
Strangely, the following command works without errors:

git branch --track newfeature storengo/master.

I mean, I am able to track the master branch from the remote repository. Why
can't I track some other branch as well? Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Kirill
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Sips wrote:

Then I created a branch in the repository on the removable drive W and
named it newfeature. The question is: How can I work with this branch on
the local repository as well? I mean, I need the same 'relationship'
between branches as in case of the master branch.

...

I mean, I am able to track the master branch from the remote repository.
Why can't I track some other branch as well? Any ideas what I'm doing
wrong?

Have you tried doing 'git fetch'? That should get and track all new remote
branches automatically.

Once you have a remote branch, if you've deleted the local branch, you can
just do 'git branch LOCAL REMOTE', and that should set up a tracking branch.

If this doesn't work for you, check your git version with 'git --version'.
It works for v1.6.5.2.

Good luck,
Tim.
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