2 The "remote" repository to pull from. One of the
3 following notations can be used to name the repository
7 rsync://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/
10 http://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/
13 git://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/
14 remote.machine:/path/to/repo.git/
19 In addition to the above, as a short-hand, the name of a
20 file in $GIT_DIR/remotes directory can be given; the
21 named file should be in the following format:
23 URL: one of the above URL format
27 When such a short-hand is specified in place of
28 <repository> without <refspec> parameters on the command
29 line, <refspec>... specified on Push lines or Pull lines
30 are used for "git push" and "git fetch/pull",
33 The name of a file in $GIT_DIR/branches directory can be
34 specified as an older notation short-hand; the named
35 file should contain a single line, a URL in one of the
36 above formats, optionally followed by a hash '#' and the
37 name of remote head (URL fragment notation).
38 $GIT_DIR/branches/<remote> file that stores a <url>
39 without the fragment is equivalent to have this in the
40 corresponding file in the $GIT_DIR/remotes/ directory
43 Pull: refs/heads/master:<remote>
45 while having <url>#<head> is equivalent to
48 Pull: refs/heads/<head>:<remote>
51 The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is
52 '+?<src>:<dst>'; that is, an optional plus '+', followed
53 by the source ref, followed by a colon ':', followed by
56 When used in "git push", the <src> side can be an
57 arbitrary "SHA1 expression" that can be used as an
58 argument to "git-cat-file -t". E.g. "master~4" (push
59 four parents before the current master head).
61 For "git push", the local ref that matches <src> is used
62 to fast forward the remote ref that matches <dst>. If
63 the optional plus '+' is used, the remote ref is updated
64 even if it does not result in a fast forward update.
66 For "git fetch/pull", the remote ref that matches <src>
67 is fetched, and if <dst> is not empty string, the local
68 ref that matches it is fast forwarded using <src>.
69 Again, if the optional plus '+' is used, the local ref
70 is updated even if it does not result in a fast forward
73 Some short-cut notations are also supported.
75 * For backward compatibility, "tag" is almost ignored;
76 it just makes the following parameter <tag> to mean a
77 refspec "refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>".
79 * A parameter <ref> without a colon is equivalent to
80 <ref>: when pulling/fetching, and <ref>:<ref> when
81 pushing. That is, do not store it locally if
82 fetching, and update the same name if pushing.
85 Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the
86 existing contents of $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD. Without this
87 option old data in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD will be overwritten.
90 Usually, the command refuses to update a local ref that is
91 not an ancestor of the remote ref used to overwrite it.
92 This flag disables the check. What this means is that the
93 local repository can lose commits; use it with care.