# \[OT\] git help

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-git-help/154969>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 5, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-git-help/154969 "2008-12-05T17:49:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![mauricio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@mauricio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mauricio)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-git-help/154969/1 "2008-12-05T17:49:50Z")

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Hi,

I’m having a weird problem using git around here (yeah, i know this  
isn’t a git list, but maybe someone can help me here).

I’ve followed this tutorial to get a remote branch to work and track  
it →

> **[Start a New Branch on your Remote Git Repository](https://www.zorched.net/2008/04/14/start-a-new-branch-on-your-remote-git-repository/)**

But it just doesn’t work, i started to work on my local tracking  
branch i get this everytime I do a git checkout  
my-local-tracking-branch:

“Your branch is ahead of the tracked remote branch  
‘origin/css\_changes\_shaun’ by 3 commits.”

If I push, i get an “already up to date”. I’ve googled a lot and just  
found people saying the same that’s on that tutorial and none of that  
has helped me ☹

Any ideas?

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Maurício Linhares  
[http://alinhavado.wordpress.com/](http://alinhavado.wordpress.com/) (pt-br) | [http://blog.codevader.com/](http://blog.codevader.com/)  
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