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I've pulled all remote branches via git fetch --all . I can see the branch I'd like to merge via git branch -a as remotes/origin/branchname. Problem is its not accessible. I can't merge or checkout? VonC You can reference those remote tracking branches ~(listed with git branch -r ) with the name of their remote. You need to fetch the remote branch: git fetch origin aRemoteBranch If you want to merge one of those remote branches on your local branch: git checkout master git merge origin/aRemoteBranch Note 1: For a large repo with a long history, you will want to add the --depth=1 option when

I just deleted the wrong branch with some experimental changes I need with git branch -D branchName . How do I recover the branch? bobDevil You can use git reflog to find the SHA1 of the last commit of the branch. From that point, you can recreate a branch using git branch branchName <sha1> Edit: As @seagullJS says, the branch -D command tells you the sha1, so if you haven't closed the terminal yet it becomes real easy. For example this deletes and then immediately restores a branch named master2 : user@MY-PC /C/MyRepo (master) $ git branch -D master2 Deleted branch master2 (was 130d7ba). <--

I am looking for a situation in which I have a git structure with (possibly nested submodules). For each of these submodules, I want to specify separately, whether they should track a branch (see e.g., Git submodules: Specify a branch/tag ) For instance, my project may look like this: main.tex |- submod1 @ master | |-subsubmod1 @qsdf123 |- submod2 @ master | |-subsubmod2 @shasha12 |- submod3 @ qsdf321 Now, I want a way to update my submodules. git submodule update --recursive will update all submodules to their last recorded sha (i.e., it will work for subsubmod1, subsubmod2 and submod3, but