Fetch a branch from someone's fork on github

checkout_forked.sh

echo "moving to current directory"

cd $PWD

echo -n "Enter name of the user whose forked branch you want to checkout"
read username

echo -n "Enter the name of the repository"
read repo

echo -n "Enter the name of the branch of the user"

read branch

git remote add $username git@github.com:$username/$repo.git

echo "Added remote repository"

git fetch $username

echo "fetching the user"

# will create a branch username-branchn in your local
git checkout -b $username-$branch $username/$branch

echo "$username-$branch branch created successfully"