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# See here: https://github.community/t5/How-to-use-Git-and-GitHub/Checkout-a-branch-from-a-fork/td-p/77
git ls-remote --refs origin -- will list refs for remote `origin`, some will look like `refs/pull/<some-num>/head`
git fetch origin pull/123/head:pr/123 && git checkout pr/123 # fetch and checkout PR #123, eg.
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