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How do I list all remote branches in Git 1.7+?


I've tried git branch -r, but that only lists remote branches that I've tracked locally. How do I find the list of those that I haven't? (It doesn't matter to me whether the command lists all remote branches or only those that are untracked.)


Solution

  • For the vast majority[1] of visitors here, the correct and simplest answer to the question "How do I list all remote branches in Git 1.7+?" is:

    git branch -r
    

    For a small minority[1] git branch -r does not work. If git branch -r does not work try:

    git ls-remote --heads <remote-name>
    

    If git branch -r does not work, then maybe as Cascabel says "you've modified the default refspec, so that git fetch and git remote update don't fetch all the remote's branches".


    [1] As of the writing of this footnote 2018-Feb, I looked at the comments and see that the git branch -r works for the vast majority (about 90% or 125 out of 140).

    If git branch -r does not work, check git config --get remote.origin.fetch contains a wildcard (*) as per this answer