gistfile1.txt

finques /tmp $ git clone [email protected]:aurelian/slobo.git
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/slobo/.git/
remote: Counting objects: 6, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
remote: Total 6 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (6/6), done.
finques /tmp $ cd slobo/
finques /tmp/slobo(master) $ git st
# On branch master
nothing to commit (working directory clean)  
finques /tmp/slobo(master) $ git branch --track foo origin/remote_foo 
Branch foo set up to track remote branch refs/remotes/origin/remote_foo.
finques /tmp/slobo(master) $ git branch --track bar origin/remote_bar
Branch bar set up to track remote branch refs/remotes/origin/remote_bar. 
finques /tmp/slobo(master) $ git checkout foo 
Switched to branch "foo" 
finques /tmp/slobo(foo) $ git merge bar
Updating 78d8489..dd29eb3
Fast forward
 a.txt |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 a.txt
finques /tmp/slobo(foo) $ git st
# On branch foo
# Your branch is ahead of 'origin/remote_foo' by 1 commit.
#
nothing to commit (working directory clean)
finques /tmp/slobo(foo) $ git push
Everything up-to-date

gistfile2.txt

finques /tmp/slobo(foo) $ git push origin origin/remote_foo 
Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To [email protected]:aurelian/slobo.git
 * [new branch]      origin/remote_foo -> origin/remote_foo

finques /tmp/slobo(foo) $ git st
# On branch foo
# Your branch is ahead of 'origin/remote_foo' by 1 commit.
#
nothing to commit (working directory clean)

finques /tmp/slobo(foo) $ git push
Everything up-to-date

gistfile3.txt

[core]
	repositoryformatversion = 0
	filemode = true
	bare = false
	logallrefupdates = true
[remote "origin"]
	url = [email protected]:aurelian/slobo.git
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[branch "master"]
	remote = origin
	merge = refs/heads/master
[branch "foo"]
	remote = origin
	merge = refs/heads/remote_foo
[branch "bar"]
	remote = origin
  merge = refs/heads/remote_bar
[push]
  default = current