diff --git a/lib/ulib/vcs b/lib/ulib/vcs
index 82992e2..9b2c5c5 100644
--- a/lib/ulib/vcs
+++ b/lib/ulib/vcs
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ function git_list_rbranches() {
 function git_list_pbranches() {
     # lister les branches locales et celles qui existent dans l'origine
     # $1(=origin) et qui pourraient devenir une branche locale avec la commande
-    # git checkout
+    # git checkout -b
     local prefix="${1:-origin}/"
     {
         git for-each-ref refs/heads/ --format='%(refname:short)'
diff --git a/pdev b/pdev
index 14af2a1..ce87bc4 100755
--- a/pdev
+++ b/pdev
@@ -138,7 +138,11 @@ if [ "$action" == sync ]; then
 
     setx -a branches=list_feature_branches "$origin"
     for branch in "${branches[@]}"; do
-        git_track_branch "$branch" "$origin"
+        if git_have_branch "$branch"; then
+            git_track_branch "$branch" "$origin"
+        else
+            git branch -t "$branch" "$origin/$branch"
+        fi
     done
 
     exit $?
@@ -187,7 +191,7 @@ if [ "$action" == branch ]; then
     if git_have_branch "$feature"; then
         git checkout "$feature" || r=$?
     elif git_have_rbranch "$feature" "$origin"; then
-        git checkout "$feature" || r=$?
+        git checkout -b "$feature" "$origin/$feature" || r=$?
     else
         estepn "\
 Vous allez créer la nouvelle feature branch ${COULEUR_VERTE}$feature${COULEUR_NORMALE}