Git Fetch Does Not Get Origin Branches

get_git_branches.md

Get all Git Branches

When you git fetch sometimes you may not see all origin branches when you issue the command git branch -a or git branch -r.

This happens sometimes, if you change the remote repository with:

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/{owner}/{repository}

When this happens, exit .git/config and look for a hard-coded branch name in the origin:

[remote "origin"]
        url = https://github.com//{owner}/{repository}
        fetch = +refs/heads/{branch_name}:refs/remotes/origin/{branch_name}

Change it to a wild card:

[remote "origin"]
        url = https://github.com//{owner}/{repository}
        fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

Now, git fetch will properly grab references to the origin's branches.