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31 git-ls-remote \- List references in a remote repository
35 \fIgit ls\-remote\fR [\-\-branches] [\-\-tags] [\-\-refs] [\-\-upload\-pack=<exec>]
36 [\-q | \-\-quiet] [\-\-exit\-code] [\-\-get\-url] [\-\-sort=<key>]
37 [\-\-symref] [<repository> [<patterns>\&...\:]]
41 Displays references available in a remote repository along with the associated commit IDs\&.
44 \-b, \-\-branches, \-t, \-\-tags
46 Limit to only local branches and local tags, respectively\&. These options are
48 mutually exclusive; when given both, references stored in refs/heads and refs/tags are displayed\&. Note that
52 are deprecated synonyms for
56 and may be removed in the future\&. Also note that
57 \fBgit ls\-remote \-h\fR
58 used without anything else on the command line gives help, consistent with other git subcommands\&.
63 Do not show peeled tags or pseudorefs like
70 Do not print remote URL to stderr\&.
73 \-\-upload\-pack=<exec>
75 Specify the full path of
76 \fIgit\-upload\-pack\fR
77 on the remote host\&. This allows listing references from repositories accessed via SSH and where the SSH daemon does not use the PATH configured by the user\&.
82 Exit with status "2" when no matching refs are found in the remote repository\&. Usually the command exits with status "0" to indicate it successfully talked with the remote repository, whether it found any matching refs\&.
87 Expand the URL of the given remote repository taking into account any "url\&.<base>\&.insteadOf" config setting (See
88 \fBgit-config\fR(1)) and exit without talking to the remote\&.
93 In addition to the object pointed by it, show the underlying ref pointed by it when showing a symbolic ref\&. Currently, upload\-pack only shows the symref HEAD, so it will be the only one shown by ls\-remote\&.
98 Sort based on the key given\&. Prefix
100 to sort in descending order of the value\&. Supports "version:refname" or "v:refname" (tag names are treated as versions)\&. The "version:refname" sort order can also be affected by the "versionsort\&.suffix" configuration variable\&. See
101 \fBgit-for-each-ref\fR(1)
102 for more sort options, but be aware keys like
104 that require access to the objects themselves will not work for refs whose objects have not yet been fetched from the remote, and will give a
109 \-o <option>, \-\-server\-option=<option>
111 Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using protocol version 2\&. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF character\&. When multiple
112 \fB\-\-server\-option=<option>\fR
113 are given, they are all sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line\&.
118 The "remote" repository to query\&. This parameter can be either a URL or the name of a remote (see the GIT URLS and REMOTES sections of
119 \fBgit-fetch\fR(1))\&.
124 When unspecified, all references, after filtering done with \-\-heads and \-\-tags, are shown\&. When <patterns>\&...\: are specified, only references matching one or more of the given patterns are displayed\&. Each pattern is interpreted as a glob (see
127 \fBgitglossary\fR(7)) which is matched against the "tail" of a ref, starting either from the start of the ref (so a full name like
129 matches) or from a slash separator (so
134 \fBrefs/heads/foobar\fR)\&.
138 The output is in the format:
150 When showing an annotated tag, unless \fB\-\-refs\fR is given, two such lines are shown: one with the refname for the tag itself as \fB<ref>\fR, and another with \fB<ref>\fR followed by \fB^{}\fR\&. The \fB<oid>\fR on the latter line shows the name of the object the tag points at\&.
161 List all references (including symbolics and pseudorefs), peeling tags:
168 27d43aaaf50ef0ae014b88bba294f93658016a2e HEAD
169 950264636c68591989456e3ba0a5442f93152c1a refs/heads/main
170 d9ab777d41f92a8c1684c91cfb02053d7dd1046b refs/heads/next
171 d4ca2e3147b409459955613c152220f4db848ee1 refs/tags/v2\&.40\&.0
172 73876f4861cd3d187a4682290ab75c9dccadbc56 refs/tags/v2\&.40\&.0^{}
187 List all references matching given patterns:
193 $ git ls\-remote http://www\&.kernel\&.org/pub/scm/git/git\&.git master seen rc
194 5fe978a5381f1fbad26a80e682ddd2a401966740 refs/heads/master
195 c781a84b5204fb294c9ccc79f8b3baceeb32c061 refs/heads/seen
210 List only tags matching a given wildcard pattern:
216 $ git ls\-remote \-\-tags http://www\&.kernel\&.org/pub/scm/git/git\&.git v\e*
217 485a869c64a68cc5795dd99689797c5900f4716d refs/tags/v2\&.39\&.2
218 cbf04937d5b9fcf0a76c28f69e6294e9e3ecd7e6 refs/tags/v2\&.39\&.2^{}
219 d4ca2e3147b409459955613c152220f4db848ee1 refs/tags/v2\&.40\&.0
220 73876f4861cd3d187a4682290ab75c9dccadbc56 refs/tags/v2\&.40\&.0^{}
228 \fBgit-check-ref-format\fR(1)\&.
231 Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite