Git, fetch all branches!

git-fetchall.sh

#!/bin/sh

# "git fetch all branches" -- to your local-repo

## to RUN-ME:

## git branch -r | sed -r -e 's:origin/::g' -e '/^\s+HEAD/d' | egrep -v gerrit/ > /tmp/foo
# ... gives you a chance, to change the "temp list of Branches to fetch"

## cat /tmp/foo ## hand-edit, if needed
##
## git-fetchall $(cat /tmp/foo)

echo "USAGE: git-fetchall  branch branchN ..."

set -x
git fetch --all

for branch in "$@"; do
    git checkout "${branch}" || git checkout -b "${branch}"  || exit 1
    # Pull the content.  Set-up to track that remote-branch
    git co "$branch" && git update-from origin $branch
done