On 9/14/15, karl@??? <karl@???> wrote:
> $ git checkout remotes/origin/sysdev sysdev
> error: pathspec 'sysdev' did not match any file(s) known to git.
>
> Didn't work.

Swap sysdev and remotes/origin/sysdev or try just git checkout sysdev

Hint: man git-checkout :)