Get the Remote Branch
To fetch and checkout a remote branch called stage
from a remote repository (usually called origin
), you can use the following Git commands:
- First, fetch the remote branch:
git fetch origin stage
- Then, create a local branch and check it out:
git checkout -b stage origin/stage
This command creates a new local branch called stage
, sets it to track the remote branch origin/stage
, and checks it out.
Alternatively, if you are using Git version 1.6.6 or newer, you can use the following shorter command:
git checkout --track origin/stage
This command will automatically create a local branch with the same name as the remote branch (stage
), set it to track the remote branch, and check it out.