How do I fetch a branch on someone else's fork on GitHub? [duplicate]

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9153598

Question

I've forked from a repo on GitHub. I want to get the code from a branch on another user's fork.

Must I clone this user's whole repo to a separate local repo or can I do something like git checkout link_to_the_other_users_branch?

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Solution 

$ git remote add theirusername git@github.com:theirusername/reponame.git
$ git fetch theirusername
$ git checkout -b mynamefortheirbranch theirusername/theirbranch

Note that there are multiple "correct" URIs you can use for the remote when you add it in the first step.

  • git@github.com:theirusername/reponame.git is an SSH-based URI
  • https://github.com/theirusername/reponame.git is an HTTP URI

Which one you prefer to use will depend on your situation. GitHub has a help article explaining the difference and helping you choose: Which remote URL should I use?

OTHER TIPS

amalloy's suggestion didn't work for me. This did:

git remote add theirusername https://github.com/theirusername/reponame
git fetch theirusername
git checkout -b mynamefortheirbranch theirusername/theirbranch

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