This command is to make sure your local repository has the same knowledge of the remote-tracking branches as the server.
If a new remote branch doesn't have a local branch mapped to it, you need to check out the remote branch locally to work on it. The complete command is,
git checkout -b <local branch name> <remote name>/<remote branch name>
If you want to fetch all the branches on the server
References:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1783405/checkout-remote-git-branch
Push changes to remote. (If the remote doesn't have the branch, the branch will be created)
git push <remote name> <branch name>
Renaming a branch (a complete version of push command)
This can delete a remote branch by providing empty local branch name.
git push <remote name> <local branch name>:<remote branch name>
References:
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