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.