# Tracking a remote branch in git

2 messages from 2009-10-29 to 2009-10-30. Participants: Sips, Tim Mazid.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/21426

## Sips, 2009-10-29 19:45

Subject: Tracking a remote branch in git
Message-ID: <26119537.post@talk.nabble.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/26119537.post%40talk.nabble.com

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Hello everyone.
My git setup is as follows:

One local repository residing at D:\Dev\ProjectName
One remote repository residing at W:\ProjectName

W is actually a removable disk.

Now, both repositories are connected through remotes. For example, git
remote -v in the local repository gives:

storengo    W:\ProjectName (fetch)
storengo    W:\ProjectName (push)

The same command in the remote repository gives:

origin    D:\Dev\ProjectName (fetch)
origin    D:\Dev\ProjectName (push)

Obviously, when I am in the master branch, I can synchronize repositories
between each other through git push and git pull.

Then I created a branch in the repository on the removable drive W and named
it newfeature. The question is: How can I work with this branch on the local
repository as well? I mean, I need the same 'relationship' between branches
as in case of the master branch.

I tried the following command on the local repository (which was checked out
to the master branch at that time):

git branch --track newfeature storengo/newfeature,

but received an error fatal: Not a valid object name: 'storengo/newfeature'.

With this command I was hoping to create a local branch which would be
'connected' to the same remote branch. As I've said, no luck there.
Strangely, the following command works without errors:

git branch --track newfeature storengo/master.

I mean, I am able to track the master branch from the remote repository. Why
can't I track some other branch as well? Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Kirill
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## Tim Mazid, 2009-10-30 00:26

Subject: Re: Tracking a remote branch in git
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Sips wrote:
> 
> Then I created a branch in the repository on the removable drive W and
> named it newfeature. The question is: How can I work with this branch on
> the local repository as well? I mean, I need the same 'relationship'
> between branches as in case of the master branch.
> 
> ...
> 
> I mean, I am able to track the master branch from the remote repository.
> Why can't I track some other branch as well? Any ideas what I'm doing
> wrong?
> 

Have you tried doing 'git fetch'? That should get and track all new remote
branches automatically.

Once you have a remote branch, if you've deleted the local branch, you can
just do 'git branch LOCAL REMOTE', and that should set up a tracking branch.

If this doesn't work for you, check your git version with 'git --version'.
It works for v1.6.5.2.

Good luck,
Tim.
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