How do i switch to an 'unstable' branch using git?

Question

I'm testing out a package (git clone git://guacamole.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/guacamole/guacamole)

This project has two branches: 'master' and 'unstable'

How can I get the 'unstable' branch ?

Sorry for the dummy question, but 'git branch' only shows 'master'.

possible duplicate of [How do I clone all remote branches with Git?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/67699/how-do-i-clone-all-remote-branches-with-git) - the branch is there, you just need to see it with `git branch -a`. — wkl, May 03 '12 at 15:50

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 03 '12 at 15:50

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You need to manually check out the unstable branch from the repo.

git checkout -b unstable origin/unstable

answered May 03 '12 at 15:50

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '12 at 15:50

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use git branch -a to list all branches and git checkout unstable to get the unstable branch

edit: this assumes you have already cloned the repo

answered May 03 '12 at 15:50

seanwatson

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