# Checking out a remote branch as a local one

## Procedure

1. Click the top bar of the Repository tree view in Talend Studio.
2. From the drop-down menu, select a remote branch which you want to check out as a local one, and then select check out as local branch from the sub-menu.

   There are at most ten remote branches displayed in the drop-down menu. If the remote branch you want to check out is not in the drop-down menu, click > Click for more remote branches ... and in the Remote branches dialog box displayed, select the target branch and click Checkout as local.

   ![Repository tree view.](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/Resources/images/studio_git_click_for_more_remote_branches.png)
3. In the Checkout as local branch dialog box, enter a name for your new branch, and click OK to create the branch and switch to it.

   ![Checkout as local branch dialog box.](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/Resources/images/unified_studios-checkout_as_local_2.png)