Done a git clone of a users repository but cannot see the branch [duplicate]

Question

I am only trying to access a single branch, not all branches as in the the so-called duplicate questions.

Clone another users repository

git clone https://[email protected]/mvmn/jaudiotagger.git

When I try to list branches it shows nothing

git branch

It shows nothing, even though they do have branches.

e.g https://bitbucket.org/mvmn/jaudiotagger/src/generics_refactoring/

I'm trying to access the generics_refactoring branch

Try git branch -a. By default only local branches are shown. — Joachim Sauer
– Joachim Sauer, Commented Oct 8, 2021 at 10:26
Esp. look at stackoverflow.com/a/4754797/7976758, stackoverflow.com/a/7216269/7976758, stackoverflow.com/a/16563327/7976758, stackoverflow.com/a/19644027/7976758 — phd
– phd, Commented Oct 8, 2021 at 10:51

Romain Valeri · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-08 10:26:53Z

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git branch only lists local branches.

To see remote branches, try git branch -r (or git branch -a for local + remote)

You might also need to git fetch beforehand to have fresh references.

Once you have checked out a branch locally, it will create a local version, which will indeed appear in the git branch output.

answered Oct 8, 2021 at 10:26

Romain Valeri

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Paul Taylor Over a year ago

Oka that works. does that mean gitclone only downloads the master branch ? I want on my local machine to switch to a particular remote branch so what would be the command needed to get and then switch to particular branch locally

Romain Valeri Over a year ago

You can just git checkout <branch> (without the origin/ prefix or it will just checkout the commit and detach HEAD) and it will create a local version, already set to push/pull to said remote branch. git clone does get all branches as remote references, but doesn't automatically create local counterparts for them.

Paul Taylor Over a year ago

Wont that just create a new local branch that happens to have same as remote branch, or will that actually get the remote branch ?

Romain Valeri Over a year ago

@PaulTaylor It will make the new branch point at the same commit the remote branch points to at the moment of creation, and link them for push/pull operations.

Paul Taylor Over a year ago

ok i did git checkout origin/generics_refactoring and that has worked, thanks

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