Android Studio - 从GitHub结帐a * branch *

Question

We have a repo in GitHub which has 3 branches. For example, say master , developer and preview .

When I checkout this repo in Android Studio, it seems to checkout the master branch only, ignoring all other branches. (Eclipse used to ask us which branch to checkout/import when we are cloning a repo from GitHub)

The question is : How can we select a branch at the time of checking out a repo into Android Studio?

Image 1- Checking out from GitHub

Image 2- It just asks for the repo URL, but NOT a branch.

Answer 1

In VCS menu, you choose git and click branch to choose which branch you want to use.

Or click right bottom corner git menu.

Answer 2

In AndroidStudio you have also the terminal (Tools --> Open Terminal, or View --> Tool Windows --> Terminal), open it, the current directory will be directly your project's, then just execute

git checkout the_name_of_the_branch

and that's all. I would recommend you then to use this: http://martinfitzpatrick.name/article/add-git-branch-name-to-terminal-prompt-mac/ it will be much easier to see on which branch you are, directly in the terminal.

Answer 3

The branch selection is done by two steps:

VCS-GIT-FETCH (unfetched externally created branch is invisible for you)
VCS-GIT-Branches-(Remote branches - branch name)-Checkout   

The VCS-GIT-Branches can be reached by one click - in the right lower corner on GIT:[current branch name]