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

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

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

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 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

[git] git add remote branch

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