Git Checkout Remote Branch with example.

Here are the steps to check out a remote Git branch:

  1. First, ensure that you are in the Git repository that contains the remote branch you want to check out.

  2. Fetch the latest changes from the remote repository by running the following command:

    	
    git fetch 
    
    	
  3. Once the fetch is complete, you can see a list of all the branches available in the remote repository by running the following command:

    	
    git branch -r
     
    	

    This command lists all the remote branches in the repository.

  4. Identify the branch you want to check out from the list of remote branches.

  5. Create a local copy of the remote branch by running the following command, replacing branch-name with the name of the remote branch:

    	
    git checkout -b branch-name origin/branch-name
     
    	

    This command creates a new local branch called branch-name that is based on the remote branch with the same name.

  6. Switch to the local copy of the branch by running the following command:

    	
    git checkout branch-name 
    
    	

    This command switches your working directory to the local copy of the branch you just created.

That's it! You have now checked out a remote Git branch and are ready to start working on it.

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