How to check if remote branch exists on a given remote repository?

Question

I need to do a subtree merge for a specific branch, if it exists on a given remote repository. The problem is that the remote repository is not checked out locally, so I can

Answer 1

Then no need to manually pass the repository name everytime.

git ls-remote origin 

Instead of

git ls-remote  

Example :

git ls-remote git@bitbucket.org:landmarkgroupme/in-store-application.git  uat_21dec

OR

git ls-remote origin uat_21dec

Both will give same output :

More on Origin : Git has the concept of "remotes", which are simply URLs to other copies of your repository. When you clone another repository, Git automatically creates a remote named "origin" and points to it. You can see more information about the remote by typing git remote show origin .