How do I make a local copy of a branch on my github?

Question

I currently have a branch on my github called gh-pages. Locally, I cannot tell that this branch exists. Is there a way to be able to move to this branch? Could I somehow make a branch of it locally?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can list all branches locally using git branch -a. You can fetch all remote branches locally using git fetch or fetch a single remote branch locally using git fetch origin gh-pages:gh-pages. You can check out branches then locally using git checkout gh-pages