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Subject: Re: Git Clone Parameter
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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:

> Allan Acheampong wrote:
>> I could write a script with for each in but thats way too much hassle
>
>   $ git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)" refs/remotes/origin/ | sed
> 's/refs\/remotes\/origin\///;/HEAD\|master/d' | xargs git checkout -b
>
> (completely untested ofcourse)

You would at least need "xargs -n 1" for the produced command line
to make any sense, and it is wasteful to actually check out each
and every branch to the working tree only to create it.