在github上跟踪不同的分支

我试图跟踪github项目的不同分支.该项目是restful_authentication:

http://github.com/technoweenie/restful-authentication

但是,我真正想要克隆的是模块化分支:

http://github.com/technoweenie/restful-authentication/tree/modular

我找到了这个指南:

http://github.com/guides/showing-and-tracking-remote-branches

并尝试了一些命令,如:

git checkout --track -b lmod http://github.com/technoweenie/restful-authentication/tree/modular

和

git checkout --track -b lmod git://github.com/technoweenie/restful-authentication.git/modular

但我收到以下错误:

fatal: git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching branches

有关正确方法的任何想法吗？

谢谢

你不能只是克隆一个分支,你必须克隆完整的存储库:

git clone git://github.com/technoweenie/restful-authentication.git

然后,您可以在本地存储库中使用跟踪分支:

cd restful-authentication
git checkout --track -b lmod origin/modular

请注意,在克隆之后,git为远程存储库设置了名为"origin"的"remote","origin/modular"标识了"origin"远程的"modular"分支.