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diff --git a/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..41ec7774f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +include::urls.txt[] + +REMOTES[[REMOTES]] +------------------ + +The name of one of the following can be used instead +of a URL as `<repository>` argument: + +* a remote in the git configuration file: `$GIT_DIR/config`, +* a file in the `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory, or +* a file in the `$GIT_DIR/branches` directory. + +All of these also allow you to omit the refspec from the command line +because they each contain a refspec which git will use by default. + +Named remote in configuration file +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +You can choose to provide the name of a remote which you had previously +configured using linkgit:git-remote[1], linkgit:git-config[1] +or even by a manual edit to the `$GIT_DIR/config` file. The URL of +this remote will be used to access the repository. The refspec +of this remote will be used by default when you do +not provide a refspec on the command line. The entry in the +config file would appear like this: + +------------ + [remote "<name>"] + url = <url> + push = <refspec> + fetch = <refspec> +------------ + + +Named file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes` +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +You can choose to provide the name of a +file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes`. The URL +in this file will be used to access the repository. The refspec +in this file will be used as default when you do not +provide a refspec on the command line. This file should have the +following format: + +------------ + URL: one of the above URL format + Push: <refspec> + Pull: <refspec> + +------------ + +`Push:` lines are used by 'git-push' and +`Pull:` lines are used by 'git-pull' and 'git-fetch'. +Multiple `Push:` and `Pull:` lines may +be specified for additional branch mappings. + +Named file in `$GIT_DIR/branches` +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +You can choose to provide the name of a +file in `$GIT_DIR/branches`. +The URL in this file will be used to access the repository. +This file should have the following format: + + +------------ + <url>#<head> +------------ + +`<url>` is required; `#<head>` is optional. + +Depending on the operation, git will use one of the following +refspecs, if you don't provide one on the command line. +`<branch>` is the name of this file in `$GIT_DIR/branches` and +`<head>` defaults to `master`. + +git fetch uses: + +------------ + refs/heads/<head>:refs/heads/<branch> +------------ + +git push uses: + +------------ + HEAD:refs/heads/<head> +------------ + + + + |