hg-git plugin, problem with local cloning: bookmarks

[Uwe Brauer]

   > Git only clones the master branch (or whatever the remote says its
   > HEAD is), so your local copy actually doesn't have the other Git
   > branches in it. You can get them by running `git fetch` in the Git
   > clone, then re-clone locally with hg.

Thanks but

git fetch 

Didn't do anything.

On the other hand if the branches are not present why did
 git branch -a

Listed them?

and
   > Also, hg-git has its own mailing list that you may be interested in: hg-git at googlegroups.com

A good I will try that thanks.