git get remote branch to local repository code example

Example 1: git fetch all remote branch

# track all remote branches:
git branch -r | grep -v '\->' | while read remote; do git branch --track "${remote#origin/}" "$remote"; done
# update all local copies of remote branches
git fetch --all
# update all local tracking branches
git pull --all

Example 2: pull remote branches

git fetch origin
git checkout --track origin/<remote_branch_name>

Example 3: git fetch remote branch

git checkout --track origin/branch_name

Example 4: git pull a new branch froma remote repo

git checkout --track origin/daves_branch