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Debian 6.0.9(Squeeze) |
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git-remote(1) |
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git-remote − manage set of tracked repositories
git
remote [−v | −−verbose]
git remote add [−t <branch>] [−m
<master>] [−f]
[−−tags|−−no−tags]
[−−mirror] <name> <url>
git remote rename <old> <new>
git remote rm <name>
git remote set−head <name> (−a |
−d | <branch>)
git remote set−branches <name>
[−−add] <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]...
Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you track.
−v, −−verbose
Be a little more verbose and show remote url after name. NOTE: This must be placed between remote and subcommand.
With no arguments, shows a list of existing remotes. Several subcommands are available to perform operations on the remotes.
add
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>.
With −f option, git fetch <name> is run immediately after the remote information is set up.
With −−tags option, git fetch <name> imports every tag from the remote repository.
With −−no−tags option, git fetch <name> does not import tags from the remote repository.
With −t <branch> option, instead of the default glob refspec for the remote to track all branches under $GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/, a refspec to track only <branch> is created. You can give more than one −t <branch> to track multiple branches without grabbing all branches.
With −m <master> option, $GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD is set up to point at remote’s <master> branch. See also the set−head command.
In mirror mode, enabled with −−mirror, the refs will not be stored in the refs/remotes/ namespace, but in refs/heads/. This option only makes sense in bare repositories. If a remote uses mirror mode, furthermore, git push will always behave as if −−mirror was passed.
rename
Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote tracking branches and configuration settings for the remote are updated.
In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under $GIT_DIR/remotes or $GIT_DIR/branches, the remote is converted to the configuration file format.
rm
Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and configuration settings for the remote are removed.
set−head
Sets or deletes the default branch ($GIT_DIR/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.
With −d, $GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD is deleted.
With −a, the remote is queried to determine its HEAD, then $GIT_DIR/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 $GIT_DIR/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.
Use <branch> to set $GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD explicitly. e.g., "git remote set−head origin master" will set $GIT_DIR/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.
set−branches
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.
The named branches will be interpreted as if specified with the −t option on the git remote add command line.
With −−add, instead of replacing the list of currently tracked branches, adds to that list.
set−url
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.
With −−push, push URLs are manipulated instead of fetch URLs.
With −−add, instead of changing some URL, new URL is added.
With −−delete, instead of changing some URL, all URLs matching regex <url> are deleted. Trying to delete all non−push URLs is an error.
show
Gives some information about the remote <name>.
With −n option, the remote heads are not queried first with git ls−remote <name>; cached information is used instead.
prune
Deletes all stale 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>".
With −−dry−run option, report what branches will be pruned, but do not actually prune them.
update
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 git-config(1)).
With −−prune option, prune all the remotes that are updated.
The remote configuration is achieved using the remote.origin.url and remote.origin.fetch configuration variables. (See git-config(1)).
• 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
...
• 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
git-fetch(1) git-branch(1) git-config(1)
Written by Junio Hamano
Documentation by J. Bruce Fields and the git−list <git@vger.kernel.org [1] >.
Part of the git(1) suite
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