Git · Junior · Question 55 of 75

What does `git branch -a` list?

✓Correct answer: Local branches and remote-tracking branches
2Branches of every repository on the machine
3Only branches that have been archived

Explanation

Remote-tracking branches appear as remotes/origin/.... Run git fetch --prune to drop ones that were deleted on the server.

Further reading

Pro Git: Remote branches ↗

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