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You can actually just checkout to the branch. So git checkout somebranch is equivalent.

Zamith
– Zamith

2014-04-08 10:15:09 +00:00
Commented Apr 8, 2014 at 10:15
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@Zamith Doesn't that only work after having called git fetch immediately beforehand?

Walter Roman
– Walter Roman

2015-03-10 20:37:33 +00:00
Commented Mar 10, 2015 at 20:37
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Not immediately, but yes, you do need to have a reference to that branch on your local repo, which happens whenever you call git fetch or git pull. I've never found that to be an issue, though.

Zamith
– Zamith

2015-03-12 13:14:29 +00:00
Commented Mar 12, 2015 at 13:14

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