6 git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories
12 'git remote' [-v | --verbose]
13 'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--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 show' [-n] <name>
18 'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name>
19 'git remote update' [group]
24 Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you track.
32 Be a little more verbose and show remote url after name.
38 With no arguments, shows a list of existing remotes. Several
39 subcommands are available to perform operations on the remotes.
43 Adds a remote named <name> for the repository at
44 <url>. The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and
45 update remote-tracking branches <name>/<branch>.
47 With `-f` option, `git fetch <name>` is run immediately after
48 the remote information is set up.
50 With `-t <branch>` option, instead of the default glob
51 refspec for the remote to track all branches under
52 `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/`, a refspec to track only `<branch>`
53 is created. You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track
54 multiple branches without grabbing all branches.
56 With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set
57 up to point at remote's `<master>` branch. See also the set-head command.
59 In mirror mode, enabled with `\--mirror`, the refs will not be stored
60 in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'. This option
61 only makes sense in bare repositories. If a remote uses mirror
62 mode, furthermore, `git push` will always behave as if `\--mirror`
67 Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote tracking branches and
68 configuration settings for the remote are updated.
70 In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under
71 `$GIT_DIR/remotes` or `$GIT_DIR/branches`, the remote is converted to
72 the configuration file format.
76 Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and
77 configuration settings for the remote are removed.
81 Sets or deletes the default branch (`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD`) for
82 the named remote. Having a default branch for a remote is not required,
83 but allows the name of the remote to be specified in lieu of a specific
84 branch. For example, if the default branch for `origin` is set to
85 `master`, then `origin` may be specified wherever you would normally
86 specify `origin/master`.
88 With `-d`, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted.
90 With `-a`, the remote is queried to determine its `HEAD`, then
91 `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set to the same branch. e.g., if the remote
92 `HEAD` is pointed at `next`, "`git remote set-head origin -a`" will set
93 `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to `refs/remotes/origin/next`. This will
94 only work if `refs/remotes/origin/next` already exists; if not it must be
97 Use `<branch>` to set `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` explicitly. e.g., "git
98 remote set-head origin master" will set `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to
99 `refs/remotes/origin/master`. This will only work if
100 `refs/remotes/origin/master` already exists; if not it must be fetched first.
105 Gives some information about the remote <name>.
107 With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with
108 `git ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead.
112 Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
113 These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
114 referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
117 With `--dry-run` option, report what branches will be pruned, but do no
122 Fetch updates for a named set of remotes in the repository as defined by
123 remotes.<group>. If a named group is not specified on the command line,
124 the configuration parameter remotes.default will get used; if
125 remotes.default is not defined, all remotes which do not have the
126 configuration parameter remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate set to true will
127 be updated. (See linkgit:git-config[1]).
133 The remote configuration is achieved using the `remote.origin.url` and
134 `remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables. (See
135 linkgit:git-config[1]).
140 * Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it
147 $ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6.git
152 * refs/remotes/linux-nfs/master: storing branch 'master' ...
157 $ git checkout -b nfs linux-nfs/master
161 * Imitate 'git-clone' but track only selected branches
167 $ git remote add -f -t master -m master origin git://example.com/git.git/
175 linkgit:git-branch[1]
176 linkgit:git-config[1]
180 Written by Junio Hamano
185 Documentation by J. Bruce Fields and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
190 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite