diff --git a/git_remotes_update.sh b/git_remotes_update.sh
index fad7781ee..fe8f54705 100755
--- a/git_remotes_update.sh
+++ b/git_remotes_update.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,85 @@
-git fetch --all && git branch -r | grep 'origin/auto-generated-' | sed 's/origin\///' | xargs -I {} sh -c 'git show-ref --verify --quiet refs/heads/{} || git checkout -b {} origin/{}'
+#!/bin/bash
 
+# Script to fetch and merge remote auto-generated branches with "batch" in their names
+# Only processes branches like "auto-generated-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-batch-N"
+# Ignores branches without "batch" in their name
+
+# Colors for output
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
+echo -e "${BLUE}🔄 Fetching all remote branches...${NC}"
+git fetch --all
+
+echo -e "${BLUE}🔍 Finding auto-generated batch branches...${NC}"
+echo
+
+# Get all remote branches that match the auto-generated pattern AND contain "batch"
+batch_branches=$(git branch -r | grep 'origin/auto-generated-' | grep 'batch' | sed 's/origin\///' | sed 's/^ *//')
+
+if [ -z "$batch_branches" ]; then
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}No auto-generated branches with 'batch' found on remote.${NC}"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "📋 Remote batch branches found:"
+echo "$batch_branches" | while read -r branch; do
+    if [ ! -z "$branch" ]; then
+        echo -e "  ${GREEN}✅ $branch${NC}"
+    fi
+done
+
+# Show branches that will be ignored (no batch)
+ignored_branches=$(git branch -r | grep 'origin/auto-generated-' | grep -v 'batch' | sed 's/origin\///' | sed 's/^ *//')
+if [ ! -z "$ignored_branches" ]; then
+    echo
+    echo "📋 Branches being IGNORED (no 'batch' in name):"
+    echo "$ignored_branches" | while read -r branch; do
+        if [ ! -z "$branch" ]; then
+            echo -e "  ${YELLOW}⏭️  $branch${NC}"
+        fi
+    done
+fi
+
+echo
+echo -e "${BLUE}🌿 Creating local branches for batch branches...${NC}"
+
+# Create local branches for each batch branch if they don't exist
+echo "$batch_branches" | while read -r branch; do
+    if [ ! -z "$branch" ]; then
+        if git show-ref --verify --quiet refs/heads/$branch; then
+            echo -e "Local branch ${GREEN}$branch${NC} already exists"
+        else
+            echo -e "Creating local branch ${GREEN}$branch${NC} from ${BLUE}origin/$branch${NC}"
+            git checkout -b "$branch" "origin/$branch"
+        fi
+    fi
+done
+
+echo
+echo -e "${BLUE}🔄 Switching to phi-3-only branch...${NC}"
 git checkout phi-3-only
 git pull origin phi-3-only
 
-# Merge all auto generated branches to dev
-git branch -r | grep 'origin/auto-generated-' | sed 's/origin\///' | while read branch; do
-  echo "Merging $branch..."
-  git merge origin/$branch
-  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "Merge conflict in $branch"
-    exit 1
-  fi
+echo
+echo -e "${BLUE}🔀 Merging all batch branches into phi-3-only...${NC}"
+
+# Merge all batch branches
+echo "$batch_branches" | while read -r branch; do
+    if [ ! -z "$branch" ]; then
+        echo -e "Merging ${GREEN}$branch${NC}..."
+        git merge "origin/$branch"
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo -e "${RED}❌ Merge conflict in $branch${NC}"
+            exit 1
+        else
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✅ Successfully merged $branch${NC}"
+        fi
+    fi
 done
 
-git push origin phi-3-only
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+echo
+echo -e "${BLUE}⬆️  Pushing phi-3-only to remote...${NC}
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