Remote branch not visible in local repo

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I have a remote Git (Github) repo. I cloned it using the git clone command. but when I try to see the branches Using the git branch command it only shows one branch, 'main',while there is at least 15+ branches on the remote repo, which are visible via the command git branch -r. How can I get my all the remote branches into my local repo?

If you can see them with git branch -a (or -r) then they exist in your local repository. You can reference them by their full name, e.g. origin/somebranch. If you want to switch to a remote branch, use git switch branchname (without origin/) — Jan Wilamowski
– Jan Wilamowski, Commented Aug 23, 2021 at 5:49
stackoverflow.com/a/72156/7976758 Found in stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bgit%5D+clone+all+branches — phd
– phd, Commented Aug 23, 2021 at 8:58

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-23 07:13:22Z

The idea is to not "pollute" your local branch namespace with all the remote tracking branches.

Using git branch -avv, you will see both local (main) and remote tracking branches (origin/xxx).
You can use the "guess mode" of git switch to create a local branch which will have its corresponding remote branch as upstream.

git switch <branch>

If <branch> is not found, but there does exist a tracking branch in exactly one remote (call it <remote>) with a matching name, treat as equivalent to
git switch -c <branch> --track <remote>/<branch> 

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