6 git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories
13 'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] <name> <url>
14 'git-remote' show <name>
15 'git-remote' prune <name>
16 'git-remote' update [group]
21 Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you track.
27 With no arguments, shows a list of existing remotes. Several
28 subcommands are available to perform operations on the remotes.
32 Adds a remote named <name> for the repository at
33 <url>. The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and
34 update remote-tracking branches <name>/<branch>.
36 With `-f` option, `git fetch <name>` is run immediately after
37 the remote information is set up.
39 With `-t <branch>` option, instead of the default glob
40 refspec for the remote to track all branches under
41 `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/`, a refspec to track only `<branch>`
42 is created. You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track
43 multiple branches without grabbing all branches.
45 With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set
46 up to point at remote's `<master>` branch instead of whatever
47 branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at.
51 Gives some information about the remote <name>.
53 With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with
54 `git ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead.
58 Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
59 These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
60 referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
63 With `-n` option, the remote heads are not confirmed first with `git
64 ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead. Use with
69 Fetch updates for a named set of remotes in the repository as defined by
70 remotes.<group>. If a named group is not specified on the command line,
71 the configuration parameter remotes.default will get used; if
72 remotes.default is not defined, all remotes which do not have the
73 configuration parameter remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate set to true will
74 be updated. (See gitlink:git-config[1]).
80 The remote configuration is achieved using the `remote.origin.url` and
81 `remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables. (See
82 gitlink:git-config[1]).
87 * Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it
94 $ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6.git
99 * refs/remotes/linux-nfs/master: storing branch 'master' ...
104 $ git checkout -b nfs linux-nfs/master
108 * Imitate 'git clone' but track only selected branches
114 $ git remote add -f -t master -m master origin git://example.com/git.git/
122 gitlink:git-branch[1]
123 gitlink:git-config[1]
127 Written by Junio Hamano
132 Documentation by J. Bruce Fields and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
137 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite