Git Version Control Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Start by listing all of the branches using the following command:

$ git branch -a 
* develop 
  remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/develop 
  remotes/origin/develop 
  remotes/origin/feature/cities 
  remotes/origin/feature/continents 
  remotes/origin/feature/printing 
  remotes/origin/master 
  remotes/origin/release/1.0 

2. Let's try to fetch or pull and see whether anything happens, using the following command:

$ git fetch 
$ git pull 
Already up to date. 
$ git branch -a 

* develop 
  remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/develop 
  remotes/origin/develop 
  remotes/origin/feature/cities 
  remotes/origin/feature/continents 
  remotes/origin/feature/printing 
  remotes/origin/master 
  remotes/origin/release/1.0 

3. The branches are still there, even if they have ...