The Branch Exists Only On The Remote
Explore how to handle branches that exist only on a remote Git repository. Learn to fetch these branches into your local repository and understand Git's tracking mechanism, helping you manage remote branches confidently during collaboration.
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Branch on remote only
It is common to have a branch that exists on a remote repository but not in your local repository. Maybe someone else pushed a branch up or has made a pull request from a branch in that remote repository.
Example
Type the following out to simulate that state of affairs:
1 mkdir git_origin
2 cd git_origin
3 git init
4 echo 'first commit' > file1
5 git add file1
6 git commit ...