git remote branch checkout , files missing

Question

I'm trying to checkout items from a different git branch. I did fetch , then checkout and it said "up-to-date" , But where exactly that I see the "l02" ?

me@appliance (~/temp/mydir): ls
l01
me@appliance (~/temp/mydir): git fetch
git me@appliance (~/temp/mydir): git checkout l02
Already on 'l02'
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/l02'.
me@appliance (~/temp/mydir): ls
l01 

Answer 1

If you are already at the branch you want, you need to use

$ git pull

This will apply a git fetch and a git merge

See What is the difference between 'git pull' and 'git fetch'?

Answer 2

Try git pull instead of Fetch (it merges the changes)