Remote branch creation without editing config file

git_branch_creation.txt

function gitbranch {
  git checkout -b "$1";
  git push -u origin "$1";
}

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# create local branch
git branch foo

# push local branch to remote
git push origin foo

# delete local branch! 
git branch -d foo

# checkout remote branch, which auto-creates a local, remote-tracking branch and switches to it
git checkout foo