Git remote branch won't show locally despite existing remotely

Classic Git problem: branch exists on remote but git branch -r won't list it locally.

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Absence fixes by forcing refresh of remote references or pruning obsolete ones.

This troubleshooting eliminates confusion about actual state of distributed branches.

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