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diff --git a/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5dd1f836c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +include::urls.txt[] + +REMOTES +------- + +In addition to the above, as a short-hand, the name of a +file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory can be given; the +named file should be in the following format: + +------------ + URL: one of the above URL format + Push: <refspec> + Pull: <refspec> + +------------ + +Then such a short-hand is specified in place of +<repository> without <refspec> parameters on the command +line, <refspec> specified on `Push:` lines or `Pull:` +lines are used for `git-push` and `git-fetch`/`git-pull`, +respectively. Multiple `Push:` and `Pull:` lines may +be specified for additional branch mappings. + +Or, equivalently, in the `$GIT_DIR/config` (note the use +of `fetch` instead of `Pull:`): + +------------ + [remote "<remote>"] + url = <url> + push = <refspec> + fetch = <refspec> + +------------ + +The name of a file in `$GIT_DIR/branches` directory can be +specified as an older notation short-hand; the named +file should contain a single line, a URL in one of the +above formats, optionally followed by a hash `#` and the +name of remote head (URL fragment notation). +`$GIT_DIR/branches/<remote>` file that stores a <url> +without the fragment is equivalent to have this in the +corresponding file in the `$GIT_DIR/remotes/` directory. + +------------ + URL: <url> + Pull: refs/heads/master:<remote> + +------------ + +while having `<url>#<head>` is equivalent to + +------------ + URL: <url> + Pull: refs/heads/<head>:<remote> +------------ |