git-如何在上游分支中设置远程分支？

Question

Use case - I have a code base on github, which has several branches. eg developer, integration, regression, production, etc. I usually use this command to add remote branch: git remote add upstream <repo link>.git

So, git remote -v shows as below:

upstream        <repo link>.git (fetch)
upstream        <repo link>.git (push)

but if remote has a branch then what command should I use to set to that branch to?

Answer 1

To make a new remote branch to local, you can use git fetch .

After that, you will find the branch by git branch -a .

If you want to work on the new branch, just use git checkout branchname .

Answer 2

Run git fetch or git pull to bring up the remote changes including new branches.

Run git branch -a to list down all the remote branches.

To move or work with fetched remote branch use

Syntax: git checkout -t remotes/upstream/branchname
Example: git checkout -t remotes/origin/branchname

Here -t will create local branch with upstream branch mapping. So the next push/pull/fetch operation will not ask you to run git branch --set-upstream-to sometime.