Git
How to Fetch All Git Branches
February 28, 2023
This guide is part of the "Snippets" series. This series is focused on providing simple and accessible tutorials on various topics relating to development!
To fetch all Git branches, you can use the git fetch command with the --all option. This command retrieves all the branches from the remote repository, but does not merge them into your local repository.
Here are the steps to fetch all Git branches:
- Open a terminal or command prompt.
- Navigate to your local Git repository using the
cdcommand. - Run the following command to fetch all branches from the remote repository:
git fetch --all- Git will retrieve all branches from the remote repository.
- You can now list all the branches in your local repository by running the following command:
git branch -aThis command will list all the local and remote branches in your repository. The remote branches will be prefixed with remotes/origin/.
Note that fetching all branches does not update your local branches automatically. To update your local branches with the latest changes from the remote repository, you will need to merge or rebase them manually. You can use the git pull command to update your local branches and merge them with the corresponding remote branches.
For more information on fetching branches, see the Git documentation:
- Git Fetch: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-fetch
- Git Branches: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Branches-in-a-Nutshell
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