I cloned a Git repository, which contains about five branches. However, when I do git branch
I only see one of them:
$ git branch
* master
I know that I can do git branch -a
to see all the branches, but how would I pull all the branches locally so when I do git branch
, it shows the following?
$ git branch
* master
* staging
* etc...
TL;DR answer
(It seems that pull fetches all branches from all remotes, but I always fetch first just to be sure.)
Run the first command only if there are remote branches on the server that aren’t tracked by your local branches.
Complete answer
You can fetch all branches from all remotes like this:
It’s basically a power move.
fetch
updates local copies of remote branches so this is always safe for your local branches BUT:fetch
will not update local branches (which track remote branches); if you want to update your local branches you still need to pull every branch.fetch
will not create local branches (which track remote branches), you have to do this manually. If you want to list all remote branches:git branch -a
To update local branches which track remote branches:
However, this can be still insufficient. It will work only for your local branches which track remote branches. To track all remote branches execute this oneliner BEFORE
git pull --all
:P.S. AFAIK
git fetch --all
andgit remote update
are equivalent.Kamil Szot’s comment, which folks have found useful.