checkout remote branch

git checkout --track origin/<branchname>

# In modern versions of Git, you can checkout the remote branch like a local branch.
git checkout <remotebranch>

# Older versions of Git require the creation of a new branch based on the remote.
git checkout <remotebranch> origin/<remotebranch>

$ git checkout --track origin/newsletter
Branch newsletter set up to track remote branch newsletter from origin.
Switched to a new branch 'newsletter'

git fetch origin 

git checkout –track origin/xyz 

git checkout -b test origin/test

// making a local copy of the branch called "test" from origin.