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

without any scripting (in an empty directory):

$ git clone --bare repo_url .git
$ git config core.bare false
$ git checkout

after that, all remote branches will be seen as local.

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