First, clone a remote Git repository and cd into it: Next, look at the local branches in your repository: But there are other branches hiding in your repository! You can see these using the -a flag: If you just want to take a quick peek at an upstream branch, you can check it out directly: But if you want to work … Read more
If you do a git pull with a remote branch name, it will fetch the remote branch and then merge it into your current local branch. So to undo that, you will first have to reset your local branch to the remote master, then create a new local vs12up branch from the corresponding remote branch. Reset your local master to match the … Read more
I don’t blame you for getting frustrated about this. The best way to look at is this. There are potentially three versions of every remote branch: The actual branch on the remote repository(e.g., remote repo at https://example.com/repo.git, refs/heads/master) Your snapshot of that branch locally (stored under refs/remotes/…)(e.g., local repo, refs/remotes/origin/master) And a local branch that might be tracking the … Read more
For the vast majority[1] of visitors here, the correct and simplest answer to the question “How do I list all remote branches in Git 1.7+?” is: For a small minority[1] git branch -r does not work. If git branch -r does not work try: If git branch -r does not work, then maybe as Cascabel … Read more