git add remote branch

Question

I want to add a remote  and a branch of that remote   I did git remote add  lt newname gt   lt url gt   then I did git fetch --all but git branch -a is not showing any branch of the remote  My  git config is showing the added remote   Can anyone please help me out

User · Answer

Here is the complete process to create a local repo and push the changes to new remote branch

Creating local repository:-

Initially user may have created the local git repository.

$ git init :- This will make the local folder as Git repository,
Link the remote branch:-

Now challenge is associate the local git repository with remote master branch.

$ git remote add RepoName RepoURL

usage: git remote add []
Test the Remote

$ git remote show --->Display the remote name

$ git remote -v --->Display the remote branches
Now Push to remote

$git add . ----> Add all the files and folder as git staged'

$git commit -m "Your Commit Message" - - - >Commit the message

$git push - - - - >Push the changes to the upstream

User · Answer

You can check if you got your remote setup right and have the proper permissions with  git ls-remote origin   if you called your remote  origin   If you get an error you probably don t have your security set up correctly such as uploading your public key to github for example  If things are setup correctly  you will get a list of the remote references  Now  git fetch origin   will work barring any other issues like an unplugged network cable   Once you have that done  you can get any branch you want that the above command listed with  git checkout some-branch   this will create a local branch of the same name as the remote branch and check it out

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I tested what  Samy Dindane suggested in the comment on the OP   I believe it works  try  git fetch  lt remote name gt   lt remote branch gt   lt local branch gt  git checkout  lt local branch gt    Here s an example for a fictitious remote repository named foo with a branch named bar where I create a local branch bar tracking the remote   git fetch foo bar bar git checkout bar

User · Answer

If the remote branch already exists then you can  probably  get away with    git checkout branch name   and git will automatically set up to track the remote branch with the same name on origin

User · Answer

I am not sure if you are trying to create a remote branch from a local branch or vice versa  so I ve outlined both scenarios as well as provided information on merging the remote and local branches   Creating a remote called  github    git remote add github git   github com jdoe coolapp git git fetch github   List all remote branches   git branch -r   github gh-pages   github master   github next   github pu   Create a new local branch  test  from a github s remote branch  pu    git branch test github pu git checkout test   Merge changes from github s remote branch  pu  with local branch  test    git fetch github git checkout test git merge github pu   Update github s remote branch  pu  from a local branch  test    git push github test pu   Creating a new branch on a remote uses the same syntax as updating a remote branch   For example  create new remote branch  beta  on github from local branch  test    git push github test beta   Delete remote branch  pu  from github   git push github  pu

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