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diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c272c92d4b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -0,0 +1,193 @@ +git-remote(1) +============ + +NAME +---- +git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git remote' [-v | --verbose] +'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url> +'git remote rename' <old> <new> +'git remote rm' <name> +'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | -d | <branch>) +'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'show' [-n] <name> +'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name> +'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'update' [-p | --prune] [group | remote]... + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you track. + + +OPTIONS +------- + +-v:: +--verbose:: + Be a little more verbose and show remote url after name. + NOTE: This must be placed between `remote` and `subcommand`. + + +COMMANDS +-------- + +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 `-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. ++ + +'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 linkgit:git-config[1]). ++ +With `--prune` option, prune all the remotes that are updated. + + +DISCUSSION +---------- + +The remote configuration is achieved using the `remote.origin.url` and +`remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables. (See +linkgit:git-config[1]). + +Examples +-------- + +* 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 +------------ + + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-fetch[1] +linkgit:git-branch[1] +linkgit:git-config[1] + +Author +------ +Written by Junio Hamano + + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by J. Bruce Fields and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |