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Track remote branch and Checkout branch – of course). For example, I’d assume the checkout command keeps the defaults (e.g. I believe the Checkout command on the context menu for a remote branch will perform the above steps, but I’m not sure if there are any differences.
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Because the default is the Checkout branch option checked, the `for-review` is bolded. You could also do ` private string I’m sure the is far worse.Ĭhecking the Create Branch button creates the local `for review` branch. Note how Visual Studio auto-populates the name of the local branch as `for-review` You could change the local branch name. The Create Branch window section will appear. We’re going to manually create the local branch first, then checkout, to see the process.įirst, right click on the remote branch, and select New Local Branch From on the context menu, just as if you were creating any other branch. Note just like 13* we’re going the long way around, meaning we’re not going to choose the “checkout” command in the context menu. Suppose you want to checkout the `for-review` branch to do work. I guess if you could, you’d be working directly on the server instead of your local machine, which wouldn’t make too much sense, and probably wouldn’t be possible since a bare git repo (aka the git server you’re checking out from) doesn’t have a concept of a working directory. You cannot check out these remote branches directly. I guess even if you checked out a “remote tracking branch” without the tracking flag (or without the checkbox checked), you’d still have the original “remote tracking branch” alongside the local non-tracked branch. Can you have a remote branch that isn’t a remote tracking branch? I guess not. I believe these are also referred to as “remote branches” but the “tracking” is implied. The branches listed under remotes/origin are called “remote tracking branches”. That’s why you see a local checked-out (bolded) master and a remotes/origin master branch.įor the other branches under remotes/origin, Git doesn’t automatically pull these down. By default, Git pulls down the main tracking branch (e.g. Suppose you’ve cloned a project from a GitHub repo that contains multiple branches.