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Muhammad Kashif Nazar
Muhammad Kashif Nazar

Reputation: 23875

git clone doesn't import all remote branches

After I clone from a bare git repository, my imported local repository doesn't have all the branches in it. Following is the architecture.

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Here are the steps how this bare repository came into being.

  1. I had an existing repository (a in the figure). I did some branch filtering within this branch to rule out some useless directories.
  2. Created a new empty bare repository (b in the figure) using git init --bare new_repo.git
  3. In the a local repository, I changed the remote URL using git remote set-url origin /path/new_repo.git.
  4. Pushed the content of a to b using the command git push origin '*:*' and got success.
  5. At this stage running the command git branch -r shows all the remote branches correctly.git branch -r
  6. Now when I clone b (bare repository), the cloned local repository (c in the figure) gets created and it has the correct directory structure. But the problem is that when I try to list all the remote branches using git branch -r, it lists only the master branch.git branch -r

Why doesn't the cloned repository have all the remote branches and how can I have all those imported?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1401

Answers (1)

gran_profaci
gran_profaci

Reputation: 8461

git fetch origin or whatever your remote is set up to.

And then git checkout BRANCH_NAME

Upvotes: 3

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