6 git-ls-remote - List references in a remote repository
12 'git ls-remote' [--branches] [--tags] [--refs] [--upload-pack=<exec>]
13 [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url] [--sort=<key>]
14 [--symref] [<repository> [<patterns>...]]
18 Displays references available in a remote repository along with the associated
28 Limit to only local branches and local tags, respectively.
29 These options are _not_ mutually exclusive; when given
30 both, references stored in refs/heads and refs/tags are
31 displayed. Note that `--heads` and `-h` are deprecated
32 synonyms for `--branches` and `-b` and may be removed in
33 the future. Also note that `git ls-remote -h` used without
34 anything else on the command line gives help, consistent
35 with other git subcommands.
38 Do not show peeled tags or pseudorefs like `HEAD` in the output.
42 Do not print remote URL to stderr.
44 --upload-pack=<exec>::
45 Specify the full path of 'git-upload-pack' on the remote
46 host. This allows listing references from repositories accessed via
47 SSH and where the SSH daemon does not use the PATH configured by the
51 Exit with status "2" when no matching refs are found in the remote
52 repository. Usually the command exits with status "0" to indicate
53 it successfully talked with the remote repository, whether it
54 found any matching refs.
57 Expand the URL of the given remote repository taking into account any
58 "url.<base>.insteadOf" config setting (See linkgit:git-config[1]) and
59 exit without talking to the remote.
62 In addition to the object pointed by it, show the underlying
63 ref pointed by it when showing a symbolic ref. Currently,
64 upload-pack only shows the symref HEAD, so it will be the only
65 one shown by ls-remote.
68 Sort based on the key given. Prefix `-` to sort in descending order
69 of the value. Supports "version:refname" or "v:refname" (tag names
70 are treated as versions). The "version:refname" sort order can also
71 be affected by the "versionsort.suffix" configuration variable.
72 See linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1] for more sort options, but be aware
73 keys like `committerdate` that require access to the objects
74 themselves will not work for refs whose objects have not yet been
75 fetched from the remote, and will give a `missing object` error.
78 --server-option=<option>::
79 Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
80 protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
82 When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
83 sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
84 When no `--server-option=<option>` is given from the command line,
85 the values of configuration variable `remote.<name>.serverOption`
89 The "remote" repository to query. This parameter can be
90 either a URL or the name of a remote (see the GIT URLS and
91 REMOTES sections of linkgit:git-fetch[1]).
94 When unspecified, all references, after filtering done
95 with --heads and --tags, are shown. When <patterns>... are
96 specified, only references matching one or more of the given
97 patterns are displayed. Each pattern is interpreted as a glob
98 (see `glob` in linkgit:gitglossary[7]) which is matched against
99 the "tail" of a ref, starting either from the start of the ref
100 (so a full name like `refs/heads/foo` matches) or from a slash
101 separator (so `bar` matches `refs/heads/bar` but not
102 `refs/heads/foobar`).
107 The output is in the format:
113 When showing an annotated tag, unless `--refs` is given, two such
114 lines are shown: one with the refname for the tag itself as `<ref>`,
115 and another with `<ref>` followed by `^{}`. The `<oid>` on the latter
116 line shows the name of the object the tag points at.
121 * List all references (including symbolics and pseudorefs), peeling
126 27d43aaaf50ef0ae014b88bba294f93658016a2e HEAD
127 950264636c68591989456e3ba0a5442f93152c1a refs/heads/main
128 d9ab777d41f92a8c1684c91cfb02053d7dd1046b refs/heads/next
129 d4ca2e3147b409459955613c152220f4db848ee1 refs/tags/v2.40.0
130 73876f4861cd3d187a4682290ab75c9dccadbc56 refs/tags/v2.40.0^{}
133 * List all references matching given patterns:
136 $ git ls-remote http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master seen rc
137 5fe978a5381f1fbad26a80e682ddd2a401966740 refs/heads/master
138 c781a84b5204fb294c9ccc79f8b3baceeb32c061 refs/heads/seen
141 * List only tags matching a given wildcard pattern:
144 $ git ls-remote --tags http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git v\*
145 485a869c64a68cc5795dd99689797c5900f4716d refs/tags/v2.39.2
146 cbf04937d5b9fcf0a76c28f69e6294e9e3ecd7e6 refs/tags/v2.39.2^{}
147 d4ca2e3147b409459955613c152220f4db848ee1 refs/tags/v2.40.0
148 73876f4861cd3d187a4682290ab75c9dccadbc56 refs/tags/v2.40.0^{}
153 linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].
157 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite