Remote branch on Visual Studio online doesn't appear on Visual Studio 2015 Team Explorer

Question

I have created a new Git repository on Visual Studio online. I have cloned on my computer and I have added it a project. After that, I have created a new branch called develop on Visual Studio online, and I have tried to check it out creating a new local branch but it doesn't appear on Team Explorer.

This is my Visual Studio online:

And this is Visual Studio 2015 Team Explorer:

Why develop branch doesn't appear on Team Explorer?

Answer 1

You can now do this in Visual Studio by going to the Synchronisation tab (Sync in the Team drop down menu) and clicking Fetch at the top.

Answer 2

我已经解决了打开Git命令提示符（遵循此说明 ）并执行git fetch来检索新分支的问题。

Answer 3

I had the exact opposite issue (more or less): I could see the branch in Visual Studio, but it wasn't on the remote server.

Trying to delete it (from remote) yielded this error:

Error encountered while pushing to the remote repository: Git failed with a fatal error. PushCommand.ExecutePushCommand

Here's how to fix it (tested in VS 2017):

1. In Visual Studio, double click on your "rogue" remote branch;
2. VS should have now created a local branch from it;
3. Right click on the local branch, select "Unset remote branch";
4. Right click on the local branch, select "Push branch";
5. You should now have a true corresponding remote branch;
6. Delete the remote branch, then the local branch.

Hopefully it will help someone who ends up on this thread having the same issue as me.