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I'm not sure why this doesn't work. When I do git branch -a, this is what I see:
I'm trying to pull from the DownloadManager on the online GitHub repository. I have tried
fatal: Couldn't find remote ref downloadmanager. Unexpected end of commands stream 'fatal couldn't find remote ref remotes/origin/DownloadManager. Unexpected end of commands stream Is there something I'm missing? In Xcode, When I try to connect to the repository, nothing ever shows up. I have been able to push to it in the past. But I can't push again until I pull the most recent changes.
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Fetching and pulling from Git remotesBoth git fetch , and git pull can be used to read from a remote repository. Both commands have different operations that are explained in further depth on their respective links.
If you have a single remote repository, then you can omit all arguments. just need to run git fetch , which will retrieve all branches and updates, and after that, run git checkout <branch> which will create a local copy of the branch because all branches are already loaded in your system.
To view your remote branches, simply pass the -r flag to the git branch command. You can inspect remote branches with the usual git checkout and git log commands. If you approve the changes a remote branch contains, you can merge it into a local branch with a normal git merge .
Be careful - you have case mixing between local and remote branch!
Suppose you are in local branch downloadmanager now (git checkout downloadmanager)
You have next options:
Specify remote branch in pull/push commands every time (case sensitive):
git pull origin DownloadManager
or
git pull origin downloadmanager:DownloadManager
Specify tracking branch on next push:
git push -u origin DownloadManager
(-u is a short form of --set-upstream)
this will persist downloadmanager:DownloadManager link in config automatically (same result, as the next step).
Set in git config default remote tracking branch:
git branch -u downloadmanager origin/DownloadManager
(note, since git 1.8 for branch command -u is a short form of --set-upstream-to, which is a bit different from deprecated --set-upstream)
or edit config manually (I prefer this way):
git config --local -e
-> This will open editor. Add block below (guess, after "master" block):
[branch "downloadmanager"] remote = origin merge = refs/heads/DownloadManager and after any of those steps you can use easily:
git pull
If you use TortoiseGit: RightClick on repo -> TortoiseGit -> Settings -> Git -> Edit local .git/config
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This error happens because of local repository can't identify the remote branch at first time. So you need to do it first. It can be done using following commands:
git remote add origin 'url_of_your_github_project' git push -u origin master If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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