title: Where are my local remote branches?
body: <p>I have just cloned a git repo that already have a bunch of remote branches. I have poked around in the .git folder but I cannot find them, when I do a <code>git show-ref</code> I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>cf8e5e98c27ee83a1ff2122f2c2a214e8e06383d refs/heads/master
  cf8e5e98c27ee83a1ff2122f2c2a214e8e06383d refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
  76541f13b20bb25056788f092f58547d4657bed8 refs/remotes/origin/example
  cf8e5e98c27ee83a1ff2122f2c2a214e8e06383d refs/remotes/origin/master
  cf8e5e98c27ee83a1ff2122f2c2a214e8e06383d refs/remotes/origin/smpl-remote
  e34b3b7e54174c5b862ae16d29a3079c060c160e refs/remotes/origin/test
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But the folder: <code>.git\refs\remotes\origin</code> only contains the <code>HEAD</code> file</p>
  
  <p>If open the repo in eclipse I can see them:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/KjCrf.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>What am I missing here?</p>
  
  <p>I just tried to remove the internet connection (wifi and wired) but I can still list the remote branches, where in the .git folder is that information??</p>