Local and Remote Branches in Git

Local Branch

A local branch is a branch that exists in your local Git repository. You create and manage local branches on your machine, and they are used to track your work and changes.

• Creating a Local Branch:

git checkout -b my-feature-branch

• This command creates a new branch called my-feature-branch and switches to it.
• Listing Local Branches:

git branch

This command lists all the branches in your local repository.

Remote Branch

A remote branch is a branch that exists on a remote repository, such as GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket. Remote branches are used to share your work with others and collaborate on a project.

• Fetching Remote Branches:

git fetch

• This command updates your local copy of the remote branches without modifying your local branches.
• Listing Remote Branches:

git branch -r

• This command lists all the remote branches that you have fetched.
• Tracking Remote Branches:

git checkout --track origin/my-feature-branch

This command creates a local branch that tracks the remote branch origin/my-feature-branch.