Git get remote branch locally that didn't previously exist?

Question

I am wanting to bring a newly added remote branch into my local repository without interfering with my local branches. Is this possible?

When I do:

git branch -a

The new remote branch doesn't appear in the list. So if I try to fetch the origin/newremotebranch it says that it doesn't exist.

Answer 1

The following command will update your remote tracking branches:

git fetch origin

This will create new remote tracking branches in your local repository for any remote branches that don't yet have one.

Answer 2

You should be able to simply check out the remote branch:

git checkout -b new-branch-name origin/newremotebranch

Should start tracking, and you'll be able to fetch after that.