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Git: How to pull from a remote branch where the name of branch has changed

veryangryman · 2020-03-10 14:01:14

New scenario for me. How do i get it to "know" to get the new branch name

10-03-2020 03:01PM

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veryangryman

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New scenario for me. How do i get it to "know" to get the new branch name

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#2 10-03-2020 05:48PM

GreeBo

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Has the branch changed or the project?
If its just then branch then you would just checkout the new branch name?

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#3 10-03-2020 06:54PM

srsly78

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git branch -r

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#4 10-03-2020 10:56PM

Colonel Panic

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That just lists the remote branch.

If you're talking about tracking a new remote branch to an existing one with the "old" name, you can track a new remote branch using

git branch -u remote_name/branch_name

Also, git branch help lists this stuff!

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#5 11-03-2020 12:00AM

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Just switch branch?

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#6 11-03-2020 03:10PM

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git branch --set-upstream <remote-branch>

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