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

From: Julian Phillips <julian@quantumfyre.co.uk>
Date: Oct 20, 2007, 13:56 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710201455540.8248@beast.quantumfyre.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710201449340.8248@beast.quantumfyre.co.uk>

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007, Julian Phillips wrote:

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>>  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:
>
> The default fetch refspec doesn't include the remotes - after all, you 
> normally don't want the origin for your origin ...
>
>>  How can I access remote branches in a cloned repository on my local
>>  machine?
>
> Try something like:
>
> git config remote.origin.fetch +refs/remotes/*:+refs/remotes/*

sorry, that should have been: git config remote.origin.fetch +refs/remotes/*:refs/remotes/*

> git fetch

-- 
Julian

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