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
102 The output is in the format:
108 When showing an annotated tag, unless `--refs` is given, two such
109 lines are shown: one with the refname for the tag itself as `<ref>`,
110 and another with `<ref>` followed by `^{}`. The `<oid>` on the latter
111 line shows the name of the object the tag points at.
116 * List all references (including symbolics and pseudorefs), peeling
121 27d43aaaf50ef0ae014b88bba294f93658016a2e HEAD
122 950264636c68591989456e3ba0a5442f93152c1a refs/heads/main
123 d9ab777d41f92a8c1684c91cfb02053d7dd1046b refs/heads/next
124 d4ca2e3147b409459955613c152220f4db848ee1 refs/tags/v2.40.0
125 73876f4861cd3d187a4682290ab75c9dccadbc56 refs/tags/v2.40.0^{}
128 * List all references matching given patterns:
131 $ git ls-remote http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master seen rc
132 5fe978a5381f1fbad26a80e682ddd2a401966740 refs/heads/master
133 c781a84b5204fb294c9ccc79f8b3baceeb32c061 refs/heads/seen
136 * List only tags matching a given wildcard pattern:
139 $ git ls-remote --tags http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git v\*
140 485a869c64a68cc5795dd99689797c5900f4716d refs/tags/v2.39.2
141 cbf04937d5b9fcf0a76c28f69e6294e9e3ecd7e6 refs/tags/v2.39.2^{}
142 d4ca2e3147b409459955613c152220f4db848ee1 refs/tags/v2.40.0
143 73876f4861cd3d187a4682290ab75c9dccadbc56 refs/tags/v2.40.0^{}
148 linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].
152 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite