MATLAB: How to checkout a git branch which tracks the remote in MATLAB R2017a

Question

I have cloned a remote git repository and in my local copy I now want to checkout a specific branch which already exists on the remote and I want my locally copy to track this remote. With command line git, if I wanted to checkout branch foo, I would simply use:

git checkout foo

And this would then automatically track the remote without further configuration needed.

Answer 1

To check-out a specific branch in MATLAB

1. Go to "Source Control" -> "Branches"

2. Under "Branch and Tag Creation", manually enter:

Source: origin/foo

Name: foo

Hit "Create".

3. Select the "foo" branch in the Branch Browser and click "Switch".