[gentoo-proxy-maint] local branch gone

[Vieri]

Hi,

I'm new to git so please be kind. :-)

This is what I do when I contribute for CATEGORY/PACKAGE to github:

$ git checkout -b CATEGORY/PACKAGE master
$ repoman manifest 
$ git add file1 file2 file3...
$ repoman -dx full 
$ repoman -dx commit 
$ git push --no-signed github CATEGORY/PACKAGE 

That seems to work as expected.
However, suppose CATEGORY/PACKAGE does not exist in the master repository (gentoo/gentoo at github). So it's a NEW package contrib.
Also suppose that I don't want to wait for gentoo dev feedback on this particular contrib, and I want to move on and contribute another package.
So I won't be issuing this just yet:

$ git branch -d CATEGORY/PACKAGE


Instead, I will try to resync/update the main tree just in case there are some changes, and then fork a new branch.
So this is what I do:

$ git pull gentoo master 
$ git checkout -b CATEGORY/ANOTHER_PACKAGE master 

So I'm guessing that "git pull gentoo master" is the culprit as it might erase my CATEGORY/PACKAGE directory.

How can I avoid this?
What's the best practice?

Thanks

Vieri