How to cleanly get/copy a remote git branch to local repository

Question

I want an exact \"copy\" of a remote branch \"copied\" to a specific local branch.

Say, for example, a team member has created an experimental feature, which he has che

Answer 1

I don’t have enough rep to comment, but I’d like to add an example for those still struggling. In my example, I’m using Github as my remote and copying the branch to my Linux server environment/terminal.

First, you’ll want to run git fetch To make sure you’re up to date.

Using the example of

git checkout -b /

With a remote branch named “picklerick”

I ran

git checkout -b picklerick remotes/origin/picklerick

I probably could have just used remote/picklerick for my remote path, but this worked for me.