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If you want to check out a remote branch someone published, you first have to use git fetch . This command downloads the references from your remote repository to your local machine, including the reference to the remote branch. Now all you need to do is use git checkout <remote branch name> .
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.
The term fork (in programming) derives from an Unix system call that creates a copy of an existing process. So, unlike a branch, a fork is independent from the original repository. If the original repository is deleted, the fork remains. If you fork a repository, you get that repository and all of its branches.
$ git remote add theirusername [email protected]:theirusername/reponame.git
$ git fetch theirusername
$ git checkout -b mynamefortheirbranch theirusername/theirbranch
Note that there are multiple "correct" URIs you can use for the remote when you add it in the first step.
[email protected]:theirusername/reponame.git is an SSH-based URIhttps://github.com/theirusername/reponame.git is an HTTP URIWhich one you prefer to use will depend on your situation. GitHub has a help article explaining the difference and helping you choose: Which remote URL should I use?
amalloy's suggestion didn't work for me. This did:
git remote add theirusername https://github.com/theirusername/reponame
git fetch theirusername
git checkout -b mynamefortheirbranch theirusername/theirbranch
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