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When I explicitly request another branch: git fetch origin topic/example Git fetches the branch into FETCH_HEAD but does not create or update: refs/remotes/origin/topic/example Consequently, the natural checkout command fails: git checkout -b topic/example origin/topic/example The documented behavior couples two separate policies in `remote..fetch`: 1. Which branches an ordinary `git fetch ` selects automatically. 2. Where an explicitly requested branch is stored locally. Please provide a configuration or default behavior under which an explicitl= y named remote branch is stored as the corresponding remote-tracking ref, whi= le the remote's automatic fetch set remains restricted. With that behavior, this sequence would work: git fetch origin topic/example git checkout -b topic/example origin/topic/example It should not require fetching every remote branch, repeating the branch na= me in a two-sided refspec, supplying `--refmap`, defining aliases, or handing = the result between commands through FETCH_HEAD. FETCH_HEAD is shared mutable st= ate and can be overwritten by another fetch between commands. A backward-compatible opt-in configuration would address existing scripts that rely on source-only fetches remaining temporary. Relevant documentation: https://git-scm .com/docs/git-fetch=