Post creating a new branch in the repo, next step was to run the checkout command locally.  On my local environment I ran the following command git checkout {branch-name}However, the response was error: pathspec '{branch-name}' did not match any file(s) known to git  Solution The issue while the new branch is known in the repo, it's not known in my local environment.  To make the new branch known you need to run the fetch command git fetch --allResponse remote: Enumerating...

How do you remove a file from git? Use the command (rm) to remove files from your local git repository git rm --cachedIt's important to note the --cached flag deletes the file from your git repository, it becomes an untracked file in your project folder.  For the change(s) to kick in, you need to commit the changes.