How can I retrieve git remote branches?

Question

I'm clearly missing something since I am unable to fetch the remote branch I need on the server from the git repo I've been working with locally.

On my local dev environment

I run git remote -v and it gives me:

origin  git@git.example.com:the_repo (fetch)
origin  git@git.example.com:the_repo (push)

I run git branch and it gives me:

* live
  master

On my live server environment

I run git remote -v and it gives me:

origin  git@git.example.com:the_repo (fetch)
origin  git@git.example.com:the_repo (push)

I run git branch and it gives me:

* master

When I try to fix this situation by running git fetch or git fetch origin, I still do not see my live branch upon running git branch again. I suspect this is because git branch only lists my local branches.

How can I fetch the repo's remote branches and list them before I check them out locally?

Many thanks - much appreciated.

Answer 1

You can use the command git branch -r to see remote branches.

Answer 2

Matt's answer is correct, but just to add:

git branch -a

will display "all" branches, both local and remote.

Answer 3

Matt and CodingWithSpike's responses both work for my purposes (thanks). Additionally, I've just found that the git branch -vv command displays which local branches are associated with which remote branches.