Track all remote git branches as local branches

Question

Tracking a single remote branch as a local branch is straightforward enough.

$ git checkout --track -b ${branch_name} origin/${branch_name}

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Answer 1

Using bash:

after git 1.9.1

for i in `git branch -a | grep remote | grep -v HEAD | grep -v master`; do git branch --track ${i#remotes/origin/} $i; done

credits: Val Blant, elias, and Hugo

before git 1.9.1

Note: the following code if used in later versions of git (>v1.9.1) causes

1. (bug) All created branches to track master
2. (annoyance) All created local branch names to be prefixed with origin/

for remote in `git branch -r `; do git branch --track $remote; done

Update the branches, assuming there are no changes on your local tracking branches:

for remote in `git branch -r `; do git checkout $remote ; git pull; done

Ignore the ambiguous refname warnings, git seems to prefer the local branch as it should.