After I cloned the repository I observed that I have only one branch on my machine. I wanted to have all the branches so I can use them without internet during traveling. To download all the branches you need to ..

Clone your repository

for example

git clone https://github.com/MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search

Download all the branches

cd ai-job-search

git fetch --all && for remote in $(git branch -r | grep -v '\->'); do git branch --track "${remote#origin/}" "$remote" 2>/dev/null; done && git fetch --all

What’s happening under the hood

• git fetch --all – Updates the information about all remote branches.
• for remote in... – Loops through all remote branches (excluding the HEAD pointer).
• git branch --track – Creates a local branch and tracks it to the corresponding remote branch.
• 2>/dev/null – Silences warnings if the local branch (e.g., main) already exists.