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Asked: 2026-06-08T04:37:39+00:00

I’m not sure why this doesn’t work. When I do git branch -a ,

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I’m not sure why this doesn’t work. When I do git branch -a, this is what I see:

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I’m trying to pull from the DownloadManager on the online GitHub repository. I have tried

  • git pull, but then it complains about not knowing which branch to pull from
  • git pull origin, doesn’t know which branch
  • git pull origin downloadmanager gives fatal: Couldn't find remote ref downloadmanager. Unexpected end of commands stream
  • git pull origin remotes/origin/DownloadManager gives fatal couldn't find remote ref remotes/origin/DownloadManager. Unexpected end of commands stream

Is there something I’m missing? In Xcode, When I try to connect to the repository, nothing ever shows up. I have been able to push to it in the past. But I can’t push again until I pull the most recent changes.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Be careful – you have case mixing between local and remote branch!

    Suppose you are in local branch downloadmanager now (git checkout downloadmanager)

    You have next options:

    1. Specify remote branch in pull/push commands every time (case sensitive):

      git pull origin DownloadManager

      or

      git pull origin downloadmanager:DownloadManager

    1. Specify tracking branch on next push:

      git push -u origin DownloadManager

      (-u is a short form of –set-upstream)

      this will persist downloadmanager:DownloadManager link in config automatically (same result, as the next step).

    1. Set in git config default remote tracking branch:

      git branch -u downloadmanager origin/DownloadManager

      (note, since git 1.8 for branch command -u is a short form of –set-upstream-to, which is a bit different from deprecated –set-upstream)

      or edit config manually (I prefer this way):

      git config --local -e

      -> This will open editor. Add block below (guess, after “master” block):

      [branch "downloadmanager"]
        remote = origin
        merge = refs/heads/DownloadManager

    and after any of those steps you can use easily:

    git pull

    If you use TortoiseGit:
    RightClick on repo -> TortoiseGit -> Settings -> Git -> Edit local .git/config

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