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@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ OPTIONS
exit without talking to the remote.
<repository>::
- Location of the repository. The shorthand defined in
- $GIT_DIR/branches/ can be used. Use "." (dot) to list references in
- the local repository.
+ The "remote" repository to query. This parameter can be
+ either a URL or the name of a remote (see the GIT URLS and
+ REMOTES sections of linkgit:git-fetch[1]).
<refs>...::
When unspecified, all references, after filtering done
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ EXAMPLES
$ git ls-remote http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master pu rc
5fe978a5381f1fbad26a80e682ddd2a401966740 refs/heads/master
c781a84b5204fb294c9ccc79f8b3baceeb32c061 refs/heads/pu
- b1d096f2926c4e37c9c0b6a7bf2119bedaa277cb refs/heads/rc
- $ echo http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git >.git/branches/public
- $ git ls-remote --tags public v\*
+ $ git remote add korg http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
+ $ git ls-remote --tags korg v\*
d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a refs/tags/v0.99
f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41 refs/tags/v0.99.1
c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441 refs/tags/v0.99.2