6 git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories
12 'git remote' [-v | --verbose]
13 'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--tags|--no-tags] [--mirror] <name> <url>
14 'git remote rename' <old> <new>
15 'git remote rm' <name>
16 'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | -d | <branch>)
17 'git remote set-branches' <name> [--add] <branch>...
18 'git remote set-url' [--push] <name> <newurl> [<oldurl>]
19 'git remote set-url --add' [--push] <name> <newurl>
20 'git remote set-url --delete' [--push] <name> <url>
21 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'show' [-n] <name>
22 'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name>
23 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'update' [-p | --prune] [<group> | <remote>]...
28 Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you track.
36 Be a little more verbose and show remote url after name.
37 NOTE: This must be placed between `remote` and `subcommand`.
43 With no arguments, shows a list of existing remotes. Several
44 subcommands are available to perform operations on the remotes.
48 Adds a remote named <name> for the repository at
49 <url>. The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and
50 update remote-tracking branches <name>/<branch>.
52 With `-f` option, `git fetch <name>` is run immediately after
53 the remote information is set up.
55 With `--tags` option, `git fetch <name>` imports every tag from the
58 With `--no-tags` option, `git fetch <name>` does not import tags from
59 the remote repository.
61 With `-t <branch>` option, instead of the default glob
62 refspec for the remote to track all branches under
63 `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/`, a refspec to track only `<branch>`
64 is created. You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track
65 multiple branches without grabbing all branches.
67 With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set
68 up to point at remote's `<master>` branch. See also the set-head command.
70 In mirror mode, enabled with `\--mirror`, the refs will not be stored
71 in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'. This option
72 only makes sense in bare repositories. If a remote uses mirror
73 mode, furthermore, `git push` will always behave as if `\--mirror`
78 Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote tracking branches and
79 configuration settings for the remote are updated.
81 In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under
82 `$GIT_DIR/remotes` or `$GIT_DIR/branches`, the remote is converted to
83 the configuration file format.
87 Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and
88 configuration settings for the remote are removed.
92 Sets or deletes the default branch (`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD`) for
93 the named remote. Having a default branch for a remote is not required,
94 but allows the name of the remote to be specified in lieu of a specific
95 branch. For example, if the default branch for `origin` is set to
96 `master`, then `origin` may be specified wherever you would normally
97 specify `origin/master`.
99 With `-d`, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted.
101 With `-a`, the remote is queried to determine its `HEAD`, then
102 `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set to the same branch. e.g., if the remote
103 `HEAD` is pointed at `next`, "`git remote set-head origin -a`" will set
104 `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to `refs/remotes/origin/next`. This will
105 only work if `refs/remotes/origin/next` already exists; if not it must be
108 Use `<branch>` to set `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` explicitly. e.g., "git
109 remote set-head origin master" will set `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to
110 `refs/remotes/origin/master`. This will only work if
111 `refs/remotes/origin/master` already exists; if not it must be fetched first.
116 Changes the list of branches tracked by the named remote.
117 This can be used to track a subset of the available remote branches
118 after the initial setup for a remote.
120 The named branches will be interpreted as if specified with the
121 `-t` option on the 'git remote add' command line.
123 With `--add`, instead of replacing the list of currently tracked
124 branches, adds to that list.
128 Changes URL remote points to. Sets first URL remote points to matching
129 regex <oldurl> (first URL if no <oldurl> is given) to <newurl>. If
130 <oldurl> doesn't match any URL, error occurs and nothing is changed.
132 With '--push', push URLs are manipulated instead of fetch URLs.
134 With '--add', instead of changing some URL, new URL is added.
136 With '--delete', instead of changing some URL, all URLs matching
137 regex <url> are deleted. Trying to delete all non-push URLs is an
142 Gives some information about the remote <name>.
144 With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with
145 `git ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead.
149 Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
150 These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
151 referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
154 With `--dry-run` option, report what branches will be pruned, but do not
159 Fetch updates for a named set of remotes in the repository as defined by
160 remotes.<group>. If a named group is not specified on the command line,
161 the configuration parameter remotes.default will be used; if
162 remotes.default is not defined, all remotes which do not have the
163 configuration parameter remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate set to true will
164 be updated. (See linkgit:git-config[1]).
166 With `--prune` option, prune all the remotes that are updated.
172 The remote configuration is achieved using the `remote.origin.url` and
173 `remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables. (See
174 linkgit:git-config[1]).
179 * Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it
186 $ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6.git
191 * refs/remotes/linux-nfs/master: storing branch 'master' ...
196 $ git checkout -b nfs linux-nfs/master
200 * Imitate 'git clone' but track only selected branches
206 $ git remote add -f -t master -m master origin git://example.com/git.git/
214 linkgit:git-branch[1]
215 linkgit:git-config[1]
219 Written by Junio Hamano
224 Documentation by J. Bruce Fields and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
229 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite