git checkout does not find the folders in the new branch

Question

I ran git checkout <branch_2> to switch from branch_1 to branch_2 . Then, run git status to verify up to date. However, a folder existing in branch_2 still does not show up.

Answer 1

As always, more information is always helpful.

Standard Answer

I am going to assume that the "folder" you believe should be in branch_another was never tracked in the first place.

At, @William Pursell suggestion, try placing some file inside the desired folder, then commit that to branch_another .

Answer 2

Based on what I gleaned from the comments, it sounds like when you ran git checkout , you expected it to also get all the changes from the remote. This is not the default functionality of git checkout . You will have to follow it with a git pull to get the changes from remote if you have previously copied the branch to your local machine.

The caveat is that if you've never checked that branch out from remote previously, it will have to go to the remote in order to retrieve the branch, thus giving you the most up-to-date version.