GIT isn't fetching my new branch

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I have created a new branch on my remote, so I would expect to do this:

$ git fetch && git checkout feature/name

However, I get this error:

error: pathspec 'feature/name' did not match any file(s) known to git.

When I run git fetch on its own, it doesn't return anything, I have also tried git fetch origin which does not work either.

git remote returns just the one remote called origin.

My config looks like this:

[core]
    repositoryformatversion = 0
    filemode = true
    bare = false
    logallrefupdates = true
    ignorecase = true
    precomposeunicode = true
[remote "origin"]
    url = removed as it is a private repo
    fetch = +refs/heads/staging:refs/remotes/origin/staging
[branch "staging"]
    remote = origin
    merge = refs/heads/staging

But my branch doesn't exist yet. And I haven't created the branch in my local repo and potentially wouldn't have the original branch the the remote branch has branched from. — Ian Jamieson, Feb 22 '15 at 22:28
Your origin.fetch line is not the git default. Normal is `remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*` — Andrew C, Feb 22 '15 at 22:49
@AndrewC: that's the reason for the problem; you should add it as an answer. — torek, Feb 23 '15 at 00:26
@torek - That requires more work :) And this one smelled like a duplicate. — Andrew C, Feb 23 '15 at 18:05

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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The fix is to correct your remote.origin.fetch parameter, e.g.

git config remote.origin.fetch '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*'

so all branches can be fetched. See: How to fetch all remote branches?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered Oct 11 '16 at 20:42

kenorb

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '15 at 15:42

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As per Andrew C's comment. I changed the fetch line in my git config to this:

fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

answered Feb 23 '15 at 15:42

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 23 '15 at 00:25

If you are on GIt >1.9.X you have a default upstream with the value of simple.

If you want to get all the branches and tags you should use: git fetch --all --prune
--all will fetch all the branches and tags
--prune will delete all the deleted branches and tags

The flags will apply on your local repository.

GIT isn't fetching my new branch

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