How to transfer or retain local branches when switching machines?

[jaredhughestsd]

I switched laptops and pulled my remote repo, however I will be losing an abundance of local branches which I was hoping to keep. Is there a way for me to retain those in the SourceTree on my new machine?

(I delete my remotes after completing PRs so I can't just pull them all and checkout local copies)

[Mikael Sandberg · Accepted solution]

Your branches are stored in your local repository, not in Sourcetree. So the only way to retain your branches is to move your local repositories over to your new machine.

[jaredhughestsd]

Ahhhh ok, Thanks! I'll update my repo and then transfer the folder!