2 The "remote" repository to pull from. One of the
3 following notations can be used to name the repository
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7 - Rsync URL: rsync://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/
8 - HTTP(s) URL: http://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/
9 - git URL: git://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/
10 or remote.machine:/path/to/repo.git/
11 - Local directory: /path/to/repo.git/
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14 In addition to the above, as a short-hand, the name of a
15 file in $GIT_DIR/remotes directory can be given; the
16 named file should be in the following format:
18 URL: one of the above URL format
22 When such a short-hand is specified in place of
23 <repository> without <refspec> parameters on the command
24 line, <refspec>... specified on Push lines or Pull lines
25 are used for "git push" and "git fetch/pull",
28 The name of a file in $GIT_DIR/branches directory can be
29 specified as an older notation short-hand; the named
30 file should contain a single line, a URL in one of the
31 above formats, optionally followed by a hash '#' and the
32 name of remote head (URL fragment notation).
33 $GIT_DIR/branches/<remote> file that stores a <url>
34 without the fragment is equivalent to have this in the
35 corresponding file in the $GIT_DIR/remotes/ directory
38 Pull: refs/heads/master:<remote>
40 while having <url>#<head> is equivalent to
43 Pull: refs/heads/<head>:<remote>
46 The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is
47 '+?<src>:<dst>'; that is, an optional plus '+', followed
48 by the source ref, followed by a colon ':', followed by
51 When used in "git push", the <src> side can be an
52 arbitrary "SHA1 expression" that can be used as an
53 argument to "git-cat-file -t". E.g. "master~4" (push
54 four parents before the current master head).
56 For "git push", the local ref that matches <src> is used
57 to fast forward the remote ref that matches <dst>. If
58 the optional plus '+' is used, the remote ref is updated
59 even if it does not result in a fast forward update.
61 For "git fetch/pull", the remote ref that matches <src>
62 is fetched, and if <dst> is not empty string, the local
63 ref that matches it is fast forwarded using <src>.
64 Again, if the optional plus '+' is used, the local ref
65 is updated even if it does not result in a fast forward
68 Some short-cut notations are also supported.
70 * For backward compatibility, "tag" is almost ignored;
71 it just makes the following parameter <tag> to mean a
72 refspec "refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>".
73 * A parameter <ref> without a colon is equivalent to
74 <ref>: when pulling/fetching, and <ref>:<ref> when
75 pushing. That is, do not store it locally if
76 fetching, and update the same name if pushing.