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I have just done :

git fetch origin feature/myfeature

I would expect to see in my local branches when I issue:

git branch

But strangely I cannot see the fetched branch, which was successful. Am I misunderstanding something?

TrueWill
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Can you use git show-branch --all?! All detail are here: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-show-branch

Kenny Tai Huynh
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    I made a mistake in fetching. I am now seeing the branch. Thanks to all. – SamJolly Aug 15 '16 at 14:24
  • Not quite fixed I am afraid. I have noted that if I do a fetch, I do not see the branch. When I checkout the branch I then see it. Do you know to checkout to new fetched branch before it become visible? – SamJolly Aug 15 '16 at 15:09
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    I'm not really sure. But can you try this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11623862/git-fetch-doesnt-fetch-all-branches – Kenny Tai Huynh Aug 15 '16 at 15:33
  • Ok, Thanks, will checkout – SamJolly Aug 15 '16 at 15:34
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    Also get Feature/MyFeature-> FETCH_HEAD as opposed to Feature/MyFeature -> Feature/MyFeature which I have seen where it has worked – SamJolly Aug 15 '16 at 15:37
  • Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/120977/discussion-between-kenny-tai-huynh-and-samjolly). – Kenny Tai Huynh Aug 15 '16 at 15:40
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Because git branch shows only local branches. Use git branch -a to see both local and remote branches or git branch -r to see only remote branches

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From git's manual:

If --list is given, or if there are no non-option arguments, existing branches are listed; the current branch will be highlighted with an asterisk. Option -r causes the remote-tracking branches to be listed, and option -a shows both local and remote branches.

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While fetching you can specify a branch that should be created locally

git fetch origin <remote_branch>:<local_branch>

When fetching, all the branches should be visible when you issue git branch -a or git branch -r

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