$ cd python
$ git branch v1 origin/v1
+The first command clones remote repository into local directory
+`python``, creates a new local branch v2, sets remotes/origin/v2 as
+its upstream remote branch and checks it out into the working
+directory.
+
The last command creates a new local branch v1 and sets
remotes/origin/v1 as its upstream remote branch.
-The same result can achieved with commands::
+The same result can be achieved with commands::
$ git clone -b v1 http://git.python.org/python.git
$ cd python