Git: no new remote branch visible

Question

A colleague pushed a new remote branch to the beginning of / dev / homepage, and I can’t see it when I run:

$ git branch -r 

I still see previous deleted branches.

I assume this is because my local remote links did not match the last when I started git, nothing happened, since git pull only pulls the current working branch correctly? Unlike git push, which pushes all branches that have changes in the corresponding remote branch?

Answer 1

First, double check that the branch has been removed remotely using the git ls-remote origin . If a new branch appears on the output, try and give the git fetch command: it should load the links to the branch from the remote repository.

If your remote branch is still not displayed, double-check (in the output of ls-remote ) what the branch name is on the remote control and, in particular, if it starts with refs/heads/ . This is because the default value for remote.<name>.fetch is:

 +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* 

so only remote links whose name begins with refs/heads/ will be displayed locally as remote tracking links in the refs/remotes/origin/ section (i.e. they will become remote tracking branches)

Answer 2

Performing a remote upgrade git will also update the list of branches available from the remote repository.

If you use TortoiseGit starting from version 1.8.3.0, you can do "Git → Sync", and the "Remote update" button will appear in the lower left corner of the window that appears. Click on it. Then you can do "Git → Switch / Checkout" and in the drop-down list of branches you can select a new remote branch.

Answer 3

Check if .git/config contains

 [remote "origin"] url = … fetch = +refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master 

If so, change it to say

 [remote "origin"] url = … fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* 

Then you can use it:

 $ git fetch remote: Counting objects: … remote: Compressing objects: .. Unpacking objects: … remote: … From … * [new branch] branchname -> origin/branchname $ git checkout branchname Branch branchname set up to track remote branch branchname from origin. Switched to a new branch 'branchname' 

Answer 4

I finally managed to add the name of the remote repository to the git fetch command, for example:

 git fetch core 

Now you can see them all like this:

 git branch --all 

Answer 5

This sounds trivial, but my problem was that I was not in the right project. Make sure you are in the project you are expecting; otherwise, you will not be able to output the correct branches.