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How to clone the entire Github repo, after cloning only one branch?

I had cloned only one branch of a repo using

git clone -b mybranch --single-branch git://sub.domain.com/repo.git

as explained in Clone only one branch

Now I want to get the entire repo, including all the branches into that very location.

How do I do this?

Solution

  • When you use the --single-branch option, you end up with a configuration for the named remote in .git/config that looks something like this:

    [remote "origin"]
    url = https://github.com/project/repo.git
    fetch = +refs/heads/some_branch:refs/remotes/origin/some_branch

    You can edit the configuration to reset the fetch configuration to the default:

    git config remote.origin.fetch '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*'

    And then:

    git remote update

    And now you have the entire repository.