Re: How can I access remote branches in a cloned repository on my local machine?

> Our developer group has a shared git repository at git@git.1kstudios.lan:dev.
>
> Each developer has established their own local repository by running:
>
> 	 git clone git@git.1kstudios.lan:dev
> 	 git config remote.origin.push master:refs/remotes/<username>/master
>
> Each developer then does a `git pull` to update their master branch, merges 
> their changes from their local topic branches, and then does `git push` to 
> make the results available at git@git.1kstudios.lan:dev.
>
> As the integrator, I have then been ssh'ing into the git@git.1kstudios.lan 
> machine, cd'ing to "dev" and doing:
>
> 	git merge <username>/master
>
> to incorporate their changes after running `git diff` to see what the changes 
> are.
>
> My own development repository is set up identically to the other developers.
>
> What I would like to do now is clone the git@git.1kstudios.lan:dev repository 
> on my local machine a second time, checkout a <username>/master branch in 
> that repository, and then use BBEdit's graphical diff to visually see the 
> changes between my own repository and what another developer has pushed to 
> the shared repository. I'll then merge them into my own developer repository 
> and push that to the shared repository for the rest of the developers to pull 
> from, so no longer will I merge by ssh'ing into the machine with the shared 
> repository.
>
> The problem is, when I clone git@git.1kstudios.lan:dev, the various 
> <username>/master's aren't there. I have tried a bunch of different ways, but 
> they all give me errors. For example: