How to see a branch created in master

Question

Hi,

I create a branch in my master repository (192.168.1.2). And in my other computer, I did '$ git pull --rebase ', I see

Unpacking objects: 100% (16/16), done.
From git+ssh://[email protected]/media/LINUXDATA/mozilla-1.9.1
62d004e..b291703  master     -> origin/master
* [new branch]      improv -> origin/improv

But when I do a 'git branch' in my local repository, I see only 1 branch and I did '$ git checkout improv '

$ git branch                                              
* master
$ git checkout improv                                 
error: pathspec 'improv' did not match any file(s) known to git.
Did you forget to 'git add'?

Answer 1

Try $ git fetch origin first. Other than that, your git version might not be as fresh so you should do $ git checkout --track -b improv origin/improv

Answer 2

To checkout and create the branch together from master, you need to do this:

git checkout origin/master -b improv

To list the branches at remote repository, you should use

git branch -r

or just use

git branch -a

to list all branches including both remote and local ones.

Answer 3

The new branch, improv, exists on the origin (your master repository) but is not pulled when issuing a $git pull command This is by design. On your local machine you probably want to do something like $git checkout --track origin/improv to pull the brach and add it to your local track list.

Answer 4

In your case, you have two problems:

• your local working copy isn't up-to-date, and
• locally, you don't have an improv branch that tracks the copy on the server (similar to how master tracks origin/master).

First, you need to run:

$ git fetch

Which will update your remote refs (locally, a ref to origin/improv will appear). Then, run:

$ git checkout -b improv --track origin/improv

To create a new local branch, improv, that tracks the branch on the server, origin/improv. (This branch will be up-to-date on your local machine.) Your local improv branch will then automatically merge changes from improv on the server (and hence, your other machine) when you run git pull.