6 git-ls-remote - List references in a remote repository
12 'git ls-remote' [--heads] [--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 refs/heads and refs/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 `git ls-remote -h` used without
32 anything else on the command line gives help, consistent
33 with other git subcommands.
36 Do not show peeled tags or pseudorefs like `HEAD` in the output.
40 Do not print remote URL to stderr.
42 --upload-pack=<exec>::
43 Specify the full path of 'git-upload-pack' on the remote
44 host. This allows listing references from repositories accessed via
45 SSH and where the SSH daemon does not use the PATH configured by the
49 Exit with status "2" when no matching refs are found in the remote
50 repository. Usually the command exits with status "0" to indicate
51 it successfully talked with the remote repository, whether it
52 found any matching refs.
55 Expand the URL of the given remote repository taking into account any
56 "url.<base>.insteadOf" config setting (See linkgit:git-config[1]) and
57 exit without talking to the remote.
60 In addition to the object pointed by it, show the underlying
61 ref pointed by it when showing a symbolic ref. Currently,
62 upload-pack only shows the symref HEAD, so it will be the only
63 one shown by ls-remote.
66 Sort based on the key given. Prefix `-` to sort in descending order
67 of the value. Supports "version:refname" or "v:refname" (tag names
68 are treated as versions). The "version:refname" sort order can also
69 be affected by the "versionsort.suffix" configuration variable.
70 See linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1] for more sort options, but be aware
71 keys like `committerdate` that require access to the objects
72 themselves will not work for refs whose objects have not yet been
73 fetched from the remote, and will give a `missing object` error.
76 --server-option=<option>::
77 Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
78 protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
80 When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
81 sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
84 The "remote" repository to query. This parameter can be
85 either a URL or the name of a remote (see the GIT URLS and
86 REMOTES sections of linkgit:git-fetch[1]).
89 When unspecified, all references, after filtering done
90 with --heads and --tags, are shown. When <patterns>... are
91 specified, only references matching one or more of the given
92 patterns are displayed. Each pattern is interpreted as a glob
93 (see `glob` in linkgit:gitglossary[7]) which is matched against
94 the "tail" of a ref, starting either from the start of the ref
95 (so a full name like `refs/heads/foo` matches) or from a slash
96 separator (so `bar` matches `refs/heads/bar` but not
103 $ git ls-remote --tags .
104 d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a refs/tags/v0.99
105 f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41 refs/tags/v0.99.1
106 7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e refs/tags/v0.99.3
107 c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441 refs/tags/v0.99.2
108 0918385dbd9656cab0d1d81ba7453d49bbc16250 refs/tags/junio-gpg-pub
110 $ git ls-remote http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master seen rc
111 5fe978a5381f1fbad26a80e682ddd2a401966740 refs/heads/master
112 c781a84b5204fb294c9ccc79f8b3baceeb32c061 refs/heads/seen
114 $ git remote add korg http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
115 $ git ls-remote --tags korg v\*
116 d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a refs/tags/v0.99
117 f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41 refs/tags/v0.99.1
118 c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441 refs/tags/v0.99.2
119 7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e refs/tags/v0.99.3
124 linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].
128 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite