git branch --set-upstream localbranchname remotebranchroot/remotebranchname[/code]

Eg.[/code]

My list of local/remotes:[/code]

[[email protected] supernova-kernel]$ git branch -a

* jan31

master

remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master

remotes/origin/UnderVoltVDD_OC

remotes/origin/battery

remotes/origin/jan31

remotes/origin/master

remotes/origin/sense35

remotes/origin/testuv

remotes/origin/vddhavsocuvsysfs[/code]

So, I have to write:
[[email protected] supernova-kernel]$ git branch --set-upstream jan31 origin/jan31

Branch jan31 set up to track remote branch jan31 from origin.[/code]

Following this, we can pull from the remote to get the remote changes to local:
[[email protected] supernova-kernel]$ git pull

Enter passphrase for key '/home/droidzone/.ssh/id_rsa':

Updating fb1198d..e3cc327

Fast-forward

.config | 10 +-

.config.old | 14 +-

.version | 2 +-

System.map |62738 ++++++++++++++++----------------

arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.lzma | Bin 1773249 -> 1774507 bytes

arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.s | 35 +-

arch/arm/lib/lib.a | Bin 90930 -> 90966 bytes

arch/arm/mach-msm/acpuclock-scorpion.c | 44 +-

arch/arm/mach-msm/avs.c | 30 +-

arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6/amrnb_in.c | 302 -

drivers/cpufreq/modules.builtin | 1 +

drivers/modules.builtin | 1 +

drivers/power/ds2784_battery.c | 412 +-

include/config/auto.conf | 7 +-

include/config/kernel.release | 2 +-

include/config/tristate.conf | 1 +

include/generated/autoconf.h | 7 +-

include/generated/compile.h | 8 +-

include/generated/utsrelease.h | 2 +-

kernel/bounds.s | 17 +-

lib/lib.a | Bin 975468 -> 975564 bytes

modules.builtin | 1 +

modules.order | 5 +

usr/.initramfs_data.cpio.d | 2 +-

24 files changed, 31918 insertions(+), 31723 deletions(-)

delete mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6/amrnb_in.c

[/code]

Note that sometimes we have to clean the local git and reset it to the last sync state before we can pull.
[[email protected] supernova-kernel]$ git clean

fatal: clean.requireForce defaults to true and neither -n nor -f given; refusing to clean

[[email protected] supernova-kernel]$ git clean -f

Removing .missing-syscalls.d

Not removing drivers/drivers/staging/rt2860/iface/

Removing fs/btrfs/modules.order

Removing fs/ext3/modules.order

Removing fs/fuse/modules.builtin

Removing fs/fuse/modules.order

Removing fs/jbd/modules.order

[[email protected] supernova-kernel]$ git reset[/code]

Joel G Mathew
Joel G Mathew, known in tech circles by the pseudonym Droidzone, is an opensource and programming enthusiast.
He is a full stack developer, whose favorite languages are currently Python and Vue.js. He is also fluent in Javascript, Flutter/Dart, Perl, PHP, SQL, C and bash shell scripting. He loves Linux, and can often be found tinkering with linux kernel code, and source code for GNU applications. He used to be an active developer on XDA forums, and his tinkered ROMS used to be very popular in the early 2000s.
His favorite pastime is grappling with GNU compilers, discovering newer Linux secrets, writing scripts, hacking roms, and programs (nothing illegal), reading, blogging. and testing out the latest gadgets.
When away from the tech world, Dr Joel G. Mathew is a practising ENT Surgeon, busy with surgeries and clinical practise.