Adding each remote branch to a local git repository sometimes can be a pain. IF there are many, you have to repeat your self over and over. Here is a quick, copy and past drop into you console, way to add all the remote branches to your local repository.
for b in `git remote show origin |grep tracked |awk '{print $1}'`
do
LOCALBRANCH=`git branch |sed 's/* //g' |sed 's/ //g' |grep $b`
if [ "$LOCALBRANCH" != "$b" ]; then
git branch -t $b origin/$b
fi
done
Once your done, you should still be in your original branch were you started. You will still need to update each branch by it self. You may also use something like git-up to update all the branches at once.
Just a note: this assumes the remote is named `origin`. This is the default, but if I’m tracking various forks on github, I may have remotes under different names.
Valid point, but I can’t really think of a way to look up and check each remote name without making a massive script.