git checkout remote error

$ git checkout -b develop origin/develop  

fatal: Cannot update paths and switch to branch 'develop' at the same time.  
Did you intend to checkout 'origin/develop' which can not be resolved as commit?  

Solution:

git fetch origin remote_branch_name:local_branch_name

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/945654/git-checkout-updating-paths-is-incompatible-with-switching-branches