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diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index 61a6022ce8..a308f4c79f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -9,11 +9,18 @@ git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-remote' -'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] <name> <url> -'git-remote' show <name> -'git-remote' prune <name> -'git-remote' update [group] +'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>)...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -21,6 +28,15 @@ 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 -------- @@ -36,15 +52,94 @@ 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 -`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/`, a refspec to track only `<branch>` +the `refs/remotes/<name>/` namespace, a refspec to track only `<branch>` is created. You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track multiple branches without grabbing all branches. + -With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set -up to point at remote's `<master>` branch instead of whatever -branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at. +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. ++ +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 +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 (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`. ++ +With `-d`, the symbolic ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted. ++ +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. ++ +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. ++ + +'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':: @@ -55,23 +150,24 @@ 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>". + -With `-n` option, the remote heads are not confirmed first with `git -ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead. Use with -caution. +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 get used; if -remotes.default is not defined, all remotes which do not the +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 gitlink:git-config[1]). +be updated. (See linkgit:git-config[1]). ++ +With `--prune` option, prune all the remotes that are updated. DISCUSSION @@ -79,7 +175,7 @@ DISCUSSION The remote configuration is achieved using the `remote.origin.url` and `remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables. (See -gitlink:git-config[1]). +linkgit:git-config[1]). Examples -------- @@ -91,7 +187,7 @@ $ git remote origin $ git branch -r origin/master -$ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/nfs-2.6.git +$ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6.git $ git remote linux-nfs origin @@ -116,22 +212,12 @@ $ git merge origin ------------ -See Also +SEE ALSO -------- -gitlink:git-fetch[1] -gitlink:git-branch[1] -gitlink:git-config[1] - -Author ------- -Written by Junio Hamano - - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by J. Bruce Fields and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - +linkgit:git-fetch[1] +linkgit:git-branch[1] +linkgit:git-config[1] GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |