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einpoklum
einpoklum

Reputation: 132128

Can I checkout an unfetched remote git branch, with a single command?

A very popular question here on SO is:

How do I check out a remote Git branch?

but the answers there either assume the branch-of-interest is already fetched, or suggest that we git fetch first.

My question: Is it possible to checkout a remote branch which has not yet been fetched, with a single git command?

Note: You may assume as new a version of git as you like, if it matters.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 83

Answers (1)

Josh Brunton
Josh Brunton

Reputation: 527

If you don't have the branch fetched at all, you could create an alias. In ~/.gitconfig:

[alias]
    checkout-with-fetch = "!f() { git fetch origin $1 >/dev/null && git checkout -b $1 origin/$1 }; f"

This will run a git fetch, but at least you get the illusion that it didn't... however I wouldn't recommend overwriting git commit as this is bound to cause you to unintentionally lose some work later on.

Upvotes: 0

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