| git-remote(1) |
| ============ |
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| NAME |
| ---- |
| git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories |
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| SYNOPSIS |
| -------- |
| [verse] |
| 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] |
| 'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--tags|--no-tags] [--mirror=<fetch|push>] <name> <url> |
| 'git remote rename' <old> <new> |
| 'git remote rm' <name> |
| 'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | -d | <branch>) |
| 'git remote set-branches' [--add] <name> <branch>... |
| 'git remote set-url' [--push] <name> <newurl> [<oldurl>] |
| 'git remote set-url --add' [--push] <name> <newurl> |
| 'git remote set-url --delete' [--push] <name> <url> |
| 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'show' [-n] <name> |
| 'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name> |
| 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'update' [-p | --prune] [(<group> | <remote>)...] |
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| DESCRIPTION |
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| Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you track. |
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| OPTIONS |
| ------- |
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| -v:: |
| --verbose:: |
| Be a little more verbose and show remote url after name. |
| NOTE: This must be placed between `remote` and `subcommand`. |
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| COMMANDS |
| -------- |
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| With no arguments, shows a list of existing remotes. Several |
| subcommands are available to perform operations on the remotes. |
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| 'add':: |
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| Adds a remote named <name> for the repository at |
| <url>. The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and |
| update remote-tracking branches <name>/<branch>. |
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| With `-f` option, `git fetch <name>` is run immediately after |
| the remote information is set up. |
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| With `--tags` option, `git fetch <name>` imports every tag from the |
| remote repository. |
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| With `--no-tags` option, `git fetch <name>` does not import tags from |
| the remote repository. |
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| With `-t <branch>` option, instead of the default glob |
| refspec for the remote to track all branches under |
| the `refs/remotes/<name>/` namespace, a refspec to track only `<branch>` |
| is created. You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track |
| multiple branches without grabbing all branches. |
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| With `-m <master>` option, a symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set |
| up to point at remote's `<master>` branch. See also the set-head command. |
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| When a fetch mirror is created with `--mirror=fetch`, the refs will not |
| be stored in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but rather everything in |
| 'refs/' on the remote will be directly mirrored into 'refs/' in the |
| local repository. This option only makes sense in bare repositories, |
| because a fetch would overwrite any local commits. |
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| When a push mirror is created with `--mirror=push`, then `git push` |
| will always behave as if `--mirror` was passed. |
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| 'rename':: |
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| Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote-tracking branches and |
| configuration settings for the remote are updated. |
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| In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under |
| `$GIT_DIR/remotes` or `$GIT_DIR/branches`, the remote is converted to |
| the configuration file format. |
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| 'rm':: |
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| Remove the remote named <name>. All remote-tracking branches and |
| configuration settings for the remote are removed. |
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| 'set-head':: |
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| Sets or deletes the default branch (i.e. the target of the |
| symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD`) for |
| the named remote. Having a default branch for a remote is not required, |
| but allows the name of the remote to be specified in lieu of a specific |
| branch. For example, if the default branch for `origin` is set to |
| `master`, then `origin` may be specified wherever you would normally |
| specify `origin/master`. |
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| With `-d`, the symbolic ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted. |
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| With `-a`, the remote is queried to determine its `HEAD`, then the |
| symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set to the same branch. e.g., if the remote |
| `HEAD` is pointed at `next`, "`git remote set-head origin -a`" will set |
| the symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to `refs/remotes/origin/next`. This will |
| only work if `refs/remotes/origin/next` already exists; if not it must be |
| fetched first. |
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| Use `<branch>` to set the symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` explicitly. e.g., "git |
| remote set-head origin master" will set the symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to |
| `refs/remotes/origin/master`. This will only work if |
| `refs/remotes/origin/master` already exists; if not it must be fetched first. |
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| 'set-branches':: |
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| Changes the list of branches tracked by the named remote. |
| This can be used to track a subset of the available remote branches |
| after the initial setup for a remote. |
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| The named branches will be interpreted as if specified with the |
| `-t` option on the 'git remote add' command line. |
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| With `--add`, instead of replacing the list of currently tracked |
| branches, adds to that list. |
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| 'set-url':: |
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| Changes URL remote points to. Sets first URL remote points to matching |
| regex <oldurl> (first URL if no <oldurl> is given) to <newurl>. If |
| <oldurl> doesn't match any URL, error occurs and nothing is changed. |
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| With '--push', push URLs are manipulated instead of fetch URLs. |
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| With '--add', instead of changing some URL, new URL is added. |
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| With '--delete', instead of changing some URL, all URLs matching |
| regex <url> are deleted. Trying to delete all non-push URLs is an |
| error. |
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| 'show':: |
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| Gives some information about the remote <name>. |
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| With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with |
| `git ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead. |
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| 'prune':: |
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| Deletes all stale remote-tracking branches under <name>. |
| These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository |
| referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in |
| "remotes/<name>". |
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| With `--dry-run` option, report what branches will be pruned, but do not |
| actually prune them. |
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| 'update':: |
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| Fetch updates for a named set of remotes in the repository as defined by |
| remotes.<group>. If a named group is not specified on the command line, |
| the configuration parameter remotes.default will be used; if |
| remotes.default is not defined, all remotes which do not have the |
| configuration parameter remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate set to true will |
| be updated. (See linkgit:git-config[1]). |
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| With `--prune` option, prune all the remotes that are updated. |
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| DISCUSSION |
| ---------- |
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| The remote configuration is achieved using the `remote.origin.url` and |
| `remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables. (See |
| linkgit:git-config[1]). |
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| Examples |
| -------- |
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| * Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it |
| + |
| ------------ |
| $ git remote |
| origin |
| $ git branch -r |
| origin/master |
| $ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6.git |
| $ git remote |
| linux-nfs |
| origin |
| $ git fetch |
| * refs/remotes/linux-nfs/master: storing branch 'master' ... |
| commit: bf81b46 |
| $ git branch -r |
| origin/master |
| linux-nfs/master |
| $ git checkout -b nfs linux-nfs/master |
| ... |
| ------------ |
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| * Imitate 'git clone' but track only selected branches |
| + |
| ------------ |
| $ mkdir project.git |
| $ cd project.git |
| $ git init |
| $ git remote add -f -t master -m master origin git://example.com/git.git/ |
| $ git merge origin |
| ------------ |
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| SEE ALSO |
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| linkgit:git-fetch[1] |
| linkgit:git-branch[1] |
| linkgit:git-config[1] |
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| GIT |
| --- |
| Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |