git-branch: Actually using the current branch as default start-point

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Hi

The git-branch documentation states that the start-point defaults to
the current branch if omitted. I interpret that to mean that

 git checkout origin/somebranch
 git branch newbranch

is equivalent to

 git branch newbranch origin/somebranch

but that is currently not the case. If you checkout a remote branch
then you are not considered to _be_ on the remote branch, so the
start-point will behave as if an arbitrary commit was specified,
i.e. tracking will not be setup correctly.

This is an easy patch and I have something working, I just need to finalize it. Does this sound like a sane patch to you?

Best regards,
Martin Nordholts
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