[git] Git fetch remote branch

To fetch a branch that exists on remote, the simplest way is:

git fetch origin branchName
git checkout branchName

You can see if it already exists on remote with:

git branch -r

This will fetch the remote branch to your local and will automatically track the remote one.

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