github get remote branch 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: git checkout branch from remote to local

git checkout -b test origin/test

// making a local copy of the branch called "test" from origin.

Example 3: checkout remote branch

git fetch origin 

git checkout –track origin/xyz