# How to get a remote branch

3 messages from 2010-09-30 to 2010-09-30. Participants: Andy, Mathias Lafeldt.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/25294

## Andy, 2010-09-30 04:13

Subject: How to get a remote branch
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Here's my directory structure

origin -> HEAD
         -> master
         -> develop

Right now if I issue command

git clone https://abc.com/xzy.git and do git branch 

then I have an asterisk next to master.

I want to get branch develop, what command should I issue please?
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## Mathias Lafeldt, 2010-09-30 07:48

Subject: Re: How to get a remote branch
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Andy wrote:
> Here's my directory structure
> 
> origin -> HEAD
>          -> master
>          -> develop
> 
> Right now if I issue command
> 
> git clone https://abc.com/xzy.git and do git branch 
> 
> then I have an asterisk next to master.
> 
> I want to get branch develop, what command should I issue please?

$ git checkout -b develop origin/develop

-Mathias

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## Andy, 2010-09-30 14:42

Subject: Re: How to get a remote branch
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Thanks. It worked.
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