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edit approved Mar 16, 2016 at 10:02

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I reproduced this just now by accident:I reproduced this just now by accident:

lists the remote branches

 git branch -r
       origin/Feature/f1234
       origin/master

I want to checkout one locally, so I cut paste:
```
 git checkout origin/Feature/f1234
```

Presto! Detached HEAD state

 You are in 'detached HEAD' state. [...])

  origin/Feature/f1234
  origin/master

I want to checkout one locally, so I cut paste:
```
 git checkout origin/Feature/f1234
```

Presto! Detached HEAD state (git prompts you the message "You are in 'detached HEAD' state. [...]").Solution #1:

See what I did there? I shouldDo not have included "include origin/" at the front of my branch spec when I was checking it out.:

git checkout Feature/f1234

Solution #2:

Add -b parameter which creates a local branch from the remote

git checkout -b origin/Feature/f1234 or

git checkout -b Feature/f1234 it will fall back to origin automatically

I reproduced this just now by accident:

lists the remote branches
```
 git branch -r
```

  origin/Feature/f1234
  origin/master

I want to checkout one locally, so I cut paste:
```
 git checkout origin/Feature/f1234
```

Presto! Detached HEAD state (git prompts you the message "You are in 'detached HEAD' state. [...]").

See what I did there? I should not have included "origin/" at the front of my branch spec when I was checking it out.

I reproduced this just now by accident:

lists the remote branches

 git branch -r
       origin/Feature/f1234
       origin/master

I want to checkout one locally, so I cut paste:
```
 git checkout origin/Feature/f1234
```

Presto! Detached HEAD state

 You are in 'detached HEAD' state. [...])

Solution #1:

Do not include origin/ at the front of my branch spec when checking it out:

git checkout Feature/f1234

Solution #2:

Add -b parameter which creates a local branch from the remote

git checkout -b origin/Feature/f1234 or

git checkout -b Feature/f1234 it will fall back to origin automatically

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edited Mar 5, 2016 at 8:30

Adriano

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I reproduced this just now by accident:

git branch -r

origin/Feature/f1234
origin/master

lists the remote branches
```
 git branch -r
```

lists the remote branches - I want to checkout one locally, so I cut paste:

  origin/Feature/f1234
  origin/master

git checkout origin/Feature/f1234

I want to checkout one locally, so I cut paste:
```
 git checkout origin/Feature/f1234
```

Presto! Detached HEAD state (git prompts you the message "You are in 'detached HEAD' state. [...]").

See what I did there? I should not have included "origin/"origin/" at the front of my branch spec when I was checking it out.

I reproduced this just now by accident:

git branch -r

origin/Feature/f1234
origin/master

lists the remote branches - I want to checkout one locally, so I cut paste:

git checkout origin/Feature/f1234

Presto! Detached HEAD state.

See what I did there? I should not have included "origin/" at the front of my branch spec when I was checking it out.

I reproduced this just now by accident:

lists the remote branches
```
 git branch -r
```

  origin/Feature/f1234
  origin/master

I want to checkout one locally, so I cut paste:
```
 git checkout origin/Feature/f1234
```

Presto! Detached HEAD state (git prompts you the message "You are in 'detached HEAD' state. [...]").

See what I did there? I should not have included "origin/" at the front of my branch spec when I was checking it out.

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created Apr 23, 2015 at 15:43

Owen

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I reproduced this just now by accident:

git branch -r

origin/Feature/f1234
origin/master

lists the remote branches - I want to checkout one locally, so I cut paste:

git checkout origin/Feature/f1234

Presto! Detached HEAD state.

See what I did there? I should not have included "origin/" at the front of my branch spec when I was checking it out.

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