How to get a new branch in an old fork

[loicguilmard]

Everything is in the title :
I started working on pymodaq with version 4.2.x i then forked the projet.
When i wanted to the 5.0.x version, using the github sync button on my fork projet i just got the 4.4.4 branch.

[loicguilmard]

To sync/get a specific branch
if the fork sync button is not working for new branches. You need to use the git remotes to get the modification and push it to your fork projet.

Here is how :
What are my current remotes :

# git remote -v
origin          git@github.com:loicguilmard/PyMoDAQ.git (fetch)
origin          git@github.com:loicguilmard/PyMoDAQ.git (push)

origin is the default remote name used when you fetch/pull/push with git without arguments.

1. To get the 5.0.x_dev, i need to add the repository from which i wanted to branch:

# git add remote pymodaq https://github.com/PyMoDAQ/PyMoDAQ.git

2. Get the modification that were not on my working computer from that new remote :

# git fetch pymodaq
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (222/222), done.
remote: Total 1768 (delta 917), reused 1126 (delta 888), pack-reused 594 (from 1)
Receiving objects: 100% (1768/1768), 6.69 MiB | 10.44 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1135/1135), completed with 164 local objects.
From https://github.com/PyMoDAQ/PyMoDAQ
 * [new branch]        4.0.x      -> pymodaq/4.0.x
 * [new branch]        4.1.x      -> pymodaq/4.1.x
 * [new branch]        4.2.x      -> pymodaq/4.2.x
 * [new branch]        4.3.x      -> pymodaq/4.3.x
 * [new branch]        4.4.x      -> pymodaq/4.4.x
 * [new branch]        5.0.x_dev  -> pymodaq/5.0.x_dev
 * [new branch]        patch/read_the_doc_versioning -> pymodaq/patch/read_the_doc_versioning
 * [new branch]        pymodaq_v3 -> pymodaq/pymodaq_v3
 * [new tag]           4.2.4      -> 4.2.4
 * [new tag]           4.2.5      -> 4.2.5
 * [new tag]           4.3.7      -> 4.3.7
 * [new tag]           4.4.5      -> 4.4.5
 * [new tag]           4.3.0      -> 4.3.0
 * [new tag]           4.3.1      -> 4.3.1
 * [new tag]           4.3.2      -> 4.3.2
 * [new tag]           4.3.3      -> 4.3.3
 * [new tag]           4.3.4      -> 4.3.4
 * [new tag]           4.3.5      -> 4.3.5
 * [new tag]           4.3.6      -> 4.3.6
 * [new tag]           4.4.0      -> 4.4.0
 * [new tag]           4.4.1      -> 4.4.1
 * [new tag]           4.4.3      -> 4.4.3
 * [new tag]           4.4.4      -> 4.4.4
 * [new tag]           5.0.0      -> 5.0.0

3. select and push the new branch to my forked repository :

# git switch 5.0.x_dev
branch '5.0.x_dev' set up to track 'pymodaq/5.0.x_dev'.
Switched to a new branch '5.0.x_dev'

# git push upstream
Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
remote:
remote: Create a pull request for '5.0.x_dev' on GitHub by visiting:
remote:      https://github.com/loicguilmard/PyMoDAQ/pull/new/5.0.x_dev
remote:
To github.com:loicguilmard/PyMoDAQ.git
 * [new branch]        5.0.x_dev -> 5.0.x_dev

I didn't find a way through the github web site.

[seb5g]

see my answer on stackoverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79122898/get-the-new-branches-from-original-depot-on-my-github-fork