How to add a remote git branch to local development folder?

Question

I am new to git so sorry if the question is dumb.

I have a project called helloworld a branch called newfeatures which is not origin on github. My goal is to get all the files and folders into the folder in Eclipse directory I have specified we can call it /documents/eclipse/java.

What I did was that I install git then went into the development directory and typed

git init

git clone https://githuburlhere

I now have a folder called helloworld with a bunch of git-files but I don't see any java files from gihub. How can I get the files?

I have also tried

git pull origin newfeatures

But it said

fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.

a bunch of Git files? Do you mean the hidden folder .git? Can you see the files in Github? — Raptor
– Raptor, Commented Jun 10, 2022 at 1:19
@Raptor, yes its README.md and .git with the latter having a bunch of folders like branches, hooks, info, logs, objects, refs and files like config, description, HEAD, index, packed-refs — Clone
– Clone, Commented Jun 10, 2022 at 1:20
Does this answer your question? How do I clone a specific Git branch? — Raptor
– Raptor, Commented Jun 10, 2022 at 1:22
git init is for when you want to make a new repo "here" (the current directory). git clone is for when you want to copy a repo from somewhere else to "here" (a subfolder in the current directory). Pick one or the other, but not both. Note I may have misunderstood the question, and if I did, you likely want one of the top answers to this question. — TTT
– TTT, Commented Jun 10, 2022 at 2:42

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2022-06-10 08:20:24Z

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Try:

cd /documents/eclipse/java
git clone https://github.com/me/myproject
cd myproject
git switch newfeatures

If newfeatures exists on the remote origin side, it will be checked out locally.

Make sure to point your Eclipse workspace to /documents/eclipse/java/myproject.

answered Jun 10, 2022 at 8:20

VonC

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