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diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index 3fc599c0c7..528f34a131 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -10,16 +10,17 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] -'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url> +'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' <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]... +'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'update' [-p | --prune] [(<group> | <remote>)...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -51,6 +52,12 @@ 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 `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/`, a refspec to track only `<branch>` @@ -60,15 +67,18 @@ multiple branches without grabbing all branches. With `-m <master>` option, `$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. +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. ++ +When a push mirror is created with `\--mirror=push`, then `git push` +will always behave as if `\--mirror` was passed. 'rename':: -Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote tracking branches and +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 @@ -77,7 +87,7 @@ the configuration file format. 'rm':: -Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and +Remove the remote named <name>. All remote-tracking branches and configuration settings for the remote are removed. 'set-head':: @@ -104,6 +114,18 @@ remote set-head origin master" will set `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to `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 @@ -127,7 +149,7 @@ With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with 'prune':: -Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>. +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>". @@ -195,16 +217,6 @@ 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 |