Powershell function to clone a git repository with tracking of all remote branches.

Get-GitRepo.ps1

function Get-GitRepo  {

    param(
        [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory)]
        $url,
        [Parameter()]
        [switch]
        $DoNotTrackRemoteBranches
    )
    
    $name = (split-path -leaf $url).replace(".git","")
    $path = Join-Path (Get-Location) $name
    
    write-host  "Cloning '$name' into '$path'...." -NoNewline
    git clone $url $path -q
    if($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0 ) {exit;}
    write-host  "Done!"

    if($DoNotTrackRemoteBranches.IsPresent) {
        return
    }


    $currentBranch = git -C $path rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
    git -C $path branch -r | % {    
        if( $_ -match "^\s*([0-9a-zA-Z\/_.-]*)$") {
            $branch = $_.replace("origin/","").Trim();
            if($branch -ne $currentBranch) {
                git -C $path branch --track $branch origin/$branch
            } else {
                write-host "Branch '$currentBranch' set up to track remote branch '$branch' from 'origin'."
            }
        }