-----Original Message----- From: Jacob Keller [mailto:jacob.keller@xxxxxxxxx] >Try a fresh clone with "git checkout --track origin/web_dev" and then a "git status -v" and let us know what happens. I suspect that older clones have the correct branches already setup for tracking, but the new clone >isn't doing it automatically, so when you run git checkout web_dev you're just creating a new local copy. Hi Jake, this worked! Your explanation seems correct - I could still list the remote branches, thanks to the command that Philip suggested, but the linkage between the two was not there by default for some reason. Very strange, I have never seen that happen before. Anyway, this solution is sound and seems to set everything (history etc) back to how it should be. Thanks very much for your help! Paul