checkout an existing branch git code example

Example 1: git checkout remote branch

# In modern versions of Git, you can checkout the remote branch like a local branch.
git checkout <remotebranch>

# Older versions of Git require the creation of a new branch based on the remote.
git checkout <remotebranch> origin/<remotebranch>

Example 2: checkout remote branch

git fetch origin 

git checkout –track origin/xyz