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git-remote(1)
============

NAME
----
git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories


SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git-remote'
'git-remote' add <name> <url>
'git-remote' show <name>
'git-remote' prune <name>

DESCRIPTION
-----------

Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you track.


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>.

'show'::

Gives some information about the remote <name>.

'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>".


DISCUSSION
----------

The remote configuration is achieved using the `remote.origin.url` and
`remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables.  (See
gitlink: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/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
...
------------

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>.


GIT
---
Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite