How do I checkout with Git a branch on a Fork of my Origin?

Question

There is a repository /abc on GitHub that I forked. So my fork is at me/abc.

Jim also forked /abc, with their repo at Jim/abc. Jim added a branch called 2.0. This branch doesn't exist on /abc.

I have already cloned by fork from me/abc locally (used GitHub for Window). I would now like to make some modifications to the 2.0 branch from Jim/abc locally, and them commit and push the changes back.

What is the best way to go about doing this?

Answer 1

I was able to accomplish this by doing the following:

1. Add Remote pointing to Jim/abc:

git remote add jim https://github.com/jim/abc.git

2. Fetch the repository Jim:

git fetch jim

3. Checkout the branch from the Jim/abc remote:

git checkout jim/2.0

Branch is now in "detached HEAD" state.

4. Create local branch:

git checkout -b 2.0

Branch is now checked out and ready for work locally.