Re: Problem upgrading to 1.4.0

[Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:33:02 -0400
Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> wrote:

> And while at that, it would be great to download and keep the list of
> the remote branches, perhaps when requested with a special switch.  It
> doesn't mean that all of the branches should be fetched, but it would be
> nice to have a list of the available remove branches somewhere.
> 
> As it stands now, this functionality is implemented in git-clone, which
> it probably not the best place.  Users should not be forced to clone the
> directory again to find out which branches are available.

Hi Pavel,

You can get a list of the remote branches whenever you want:

$ git ls-remote -h <remote>

So, to see available branches in the repo from which you initially
cloned:

$ git ls-remote -h origin

Or to see which branches are available in the official cogito repo,
without ever cloning it:

$ git ls-remote -h git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/cogito/cogito.git

HTH,
Sean