How to check out a remote Git branch
How to check out a remote Git branch
You need to work on a git branch that you don’t have locally, but you are not sure how to pull and switch to that branch.
Let’s first list the remote branches so we are sure the branch exists. To list all of the remote branches run:
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git branch -a
This will list all of the local and remote branches.
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local_branch1
local_branch2
remotes/new_branch
The first displayed are all local branches, and the branches that contain remote/ are the remote branches.
Copy the name of the remote branch you want to work on and execute:
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git checkout new_branch
You should see the Branch 'new_branch' set up to track remote branch 'new_branch' from 'origin'. message. This means you have successfully checkout to the new_branch.
Multiple remotes
There are cases where the repository will contain more than one remote. In that case run:
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git checkout -t <name of remote>/new_branch