为什么`git branch -a`不显示`git branch -r`的分支？

Question

When I do git branch -r I see the following:

  origin/HEAD -> origin/master
  origin/master
  origin/<other-branch>

But when I do git branch -a I see the following:

* master
  remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master
  remotes/origin/master
  remotes/origin/<other-branch>

Why is it that I don't see the branches listed from git branch -r as well? Is the remotes/ removed from the path name when you do git branch -r because they are all remote? mm.

Answer 1

Yes. :)

With -r only remote-tracking branches are shown. With -a both remote-tracking and local branches are shown. Because you have only one local branch (master). This branch is the only difference in your outputs.

And yes. With -a remote-tracking branches are explicitly marked as remote, while with -r it is already clear that those are remote branches.