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> [<refs>...]]
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
34 Do not show peeled tags or pseudorefs like `HEAD` in the output.
38 Do not print remote URL to stderr.
40 --upload-pack=<exec>::
41 Specify the full path of 'git-upload-pack' on the remote
42 host. This allows listing references from repositories accessed via
43 SSH and where the SSH daemon does not use the PATH configured by the
47 Exit with status "2" when no matching refs are found in the remote
48 repository. Usually the command exits with status "0" to indicate
49 it successfully talked with the remote repository, whether it
50 found any matching refs.
53 Expand the URL of the given remote repository taking into account any
54 "url.<base>.insteadOf" config setting (See linkgit:git-config[1]) and
55 exit without talking to the remote.
58 In addition to the object pointed by it, show the underlying
59 ref pointed by it when showing a symbolic ref. Currently,
60 upload-pack only shows the symref HEAD, so it will be the only
61 one shown by ls-remote.
64 Sort based on the key given. Prefix `-` to sort in descending order
65 of the value. Supports "version:refname" or "v:refname" (tag names
66 are treated as versions). The "version:refname" sort order can also
67 be affected by the "versionsort.suffix" configuration variable.
68 See linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1] for more sort options, but be aware
69 keys like `committerdate` that require access to the objects
70 themselves will not work for refs whose objects have not yet been
71 fetched from the remote, and will give a `missing object` error.
74 --server-option=<option>::
75 Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
76 protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
78 When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
79 sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
82 The "remote" repository to query. This parameter can be
83 either a URL or the name of a remote (see the GIT URLS and
84 REMOTES sections of linkgit:git-fetch[1]).
87 When unspecified, all references, after filtering done
88 with --heads and --tags, are shown. When <refs>... are
89 specified, only references matching the given patterns
95 $ git ls-remote --tags ./.
96 d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a refs/tags/v0.99
97 f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41 refs/tags/v0.99.1
98 7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e refs/tags/v0.99.3
99 c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441 refs/tags/v0.99.2
100 0918385dbd9656cab0d1d81ba7453d49bbc16250 refs/tags/junio-gpg-pub
101 $ git ls-remote http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master pu rc
102 5fe978a5381f1fbad26a80e682ddd2a401966740 refs/heads/master
103 c781a84b5204fb294c9ccc79f8b3baceeb32c061 refs/heads/pu
104 $ git remote add korg http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
105 $ git ls-remote --tags korg v\*
106 d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a refs/tags/v0.99
107 f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41 refs/tags/v0.99.1
108 c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441 refs/tags/v0.99.2
109 7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e refs/tags/v0.99.3
113 linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].
117 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite