This happens if the name of the upstream branch and local branch do not match, which sometimes happens, and usually is unwanted: > git status On branch release-1.2.3 Your branch is up to date with ‘origin/master’. To solve this, run: git branch –unset-upstream Then, once you run git push again, you will be asked to … Read more
For the vast majority[1] of visitors here, the correct and simplest answer to the question “How do I list all remote branches in Git 1.7+?” is: git branch -r For a small minority[1] git branch -r does not work. If git branch -r does not work try: git ls-remote –heads <remote-name> If git branch -r … Read more
commandlinefu has 2 interesting propositions: for k in $(git branch | perl -pe s/^..//); do echo -e $(git show –pretty=format:”%Cgreen%ci %Cblue%cr%Creset” $k — | head -n 1)\\t$k; done | sort -r or: for k in $(git branch | sed s/^..//); do echo -e $(git log –color=always -1 –pretty=format:”%Cgreen%ci %Cblue%cr%Creset” $k –)\\t”$k”;done | sort That is … Read more
You might be needing a cleanup: git gc –prune=now or you might be needing a prune: git remote prune public prune Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>. These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in “remotes/<name>”. With –dry-run option, report what branches … Read more
I believe this occurs when you are trying to checkout a remote branch that your local git repo is not aware of yet. Try: git remote show origin If the remote branch you want to checkout is under “New remote branches” and not “Tracked remote branches” then you need to fetch them first: git remote … Read more
I don’t blame you for getting frustrated about this. The best way to look at is this. There are potentially three versions of every remote branch: The actual branch on the remote repository (e.g., remote repo at https://example.com/repo.git, refs/heads/master) Your snapshot of that branch locally (stored under refs/remotes/…) (e.g., local repo, refs/remotes/origin/master) And a local … Read more
First, clone a remote Git repository and cd into it: $ git clone git://example.com/myproject $ cd myproject Next, look at the local branches in your repository: $ git branch * master But there are other branches hiding in your repository! See these using the -a flag: $ git branch -a * master remotes/origin/HEAD remotes/origin/master remotes/origin/v1.0-stable … Read more
First, clone a remote Git repository and cd into it: $ git clone git://example.com/myproject $ cd myproject Next, look at the local branches in your repository: $ git branch * master But there are other branches hiding in your repository! See these using the -a flag: $ git branch -a * master remotes/origin/HEAD remotes/origin/master remotes/origin/v1.0-stable … Read more
The output of git status indicates that your working directory is clean; good. Now, by running git checkout origin/web-zach you are attempting to check out a remote-tracking branch, called origin/web-zach; it’s a special type of branch, local to your repo, that keeps track of the corresponding branch, web-zach, living in the remote repository called origin. … Read more
How to clone all remote branches in Git