git-remote(1)



GIT-REMOTE(1)                     Git Manual                     GIT-REMOTE(1)

NAME
       git-remote - Manage set of tracked repositories

SYNOPSIS
       git remote [-v | --verbose]
       git remote add [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--[no-]tags] [--mirror=<fetch|push>] <name> <url>
       git remote rename <old> <new>
       git remote remove <name>
       git remote set-head <name> (-a | --auto | -d | --delete | <branch>)
       git remote set-branches [--add] <name> <branch>...
       git remote get-url [--push] [--all] <name>
       git remote set-url [--push] <name> <newurl> [<oldurl>]
       git remote set-url --add [--push] <name> <newurl>
       git remote set-url --delete [--push] <name> <url>
       git remote [-v | --verbose] show [-n] <name>...
       git remote prune [-n | --dry-run] <name>...
       git remote [-v | --verbose] update [-p | --prune] [(<group> | <remote>)...]

DESCRIPTION
       Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you track.

OPTIONS
       -v, --verbose
           Be a little more verbose and show remote url after name. NOTE: This
           must be placed between remote and subcommand.

COMMANDS
       With no arguments, shows a list of existing remotes. Several
       subcommands are available to perform operations on the remotes.

       add
           Adds a remote named <name> for the repository at <url>. The command
           git fetch <name> can then be used to create and update
           remote-tracking branches <name>/<branch>.

           With -f option, git fetch <name> is run immediately after the
           remote information is set up.

           With --tags option, git fetch <name> imports every tag from the
           remote repository.

           With --no-tags option, git fetch <name> does not import tags from
           the remote repository.

           By default, only tags on fetched branches are imported (see git-
           fetch(1)).

           With -t <branch> option, instead of the default glob refspec for
           the remote to track all branches under the refs/remotes/<name>/
           namespace, a refspec to track only <branch> is created. You can
           give more than one -t <branch> to track multiple branches without
           grabbing all branches.

           With -m <master> option, a symbolic-ref refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD is
           set up to point at remote's <master> branch. See also the set-head
           command.

           When a fetch mirror is created with --mirror=fetch, the refs will
           not be stored in the refs/remotes/ namespace, but rather everything
           in refs/ on the remote will be directly mirrored into refs/ in the
           local repository. This option only makes sense in bare
           repositories, because a fetch would overwrite any local commits.

           When a push mirror is created with --mirror=push, then git push
           will always behave as if --mirror was passed.

       rename
           Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote-tracking
           branches and configuration settings for the remote are updated.

           In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under
           $GIT_DIR/remotes or $GIT_DIR/branches, the remote is converted to
           the configuration file format.

       remove, rm
           Remove the remote named <name>. All remote-tracking branches and
           configuration settings for the remote are removed.

       set-head
           Sets or deletes the default branch (i.e. the target of the
           symbolic-ref refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD) for the named remote. Having
           a default branch for a remote is not required, but allows the name
           of the remote to be specified in lieu of a specific branch. For
           example, if the default branch for origin is set to master, then
           origin may be specified wherever you would normally specify
           origin/master.

           With -d or --delete, the symbolic ref refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD is
           deleted.

           With -a or --auto, the remote is queried to determine its HEAD,
           then the symbolic-ref refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD is set to the same
           branch. e.g., if the remote HEAD is pointed at next, "git remote
           set-head origin -a" will set the symbolic-ref
           refs/remotes/origin/HEAD to refs/remotes/origin/next. This will
           only work if refs/remotes/origin/next already exists; if not it
           must be fetched first.

           Use <branch> to set the symbolic-ref refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD
           explicitly. e.g., "git remote set-head origin master" will set the
           symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD to
           refs/remotes/origin/master. This will only work if
           refs/remotes/origin/master already exists; if not it must be
           fetched first.

       set-branches
           Changes the list of branches tracked by the named remote. This can
           be used to track a subset of the available remote branches after
           the initial setup for a remote.

           The named branches will be interpreted as if specified with the -t
           option on the git remote add command line.

           With --add, instead of replacing the list of currently tracked
           branches, adds to that list.

       get-url
           Retrieves the URLs for a remote. Configurations for insteadOf and
           pushInsteadOf are expanded here. By default, only the first URL is
           listed.

           With --push, push URLs are queried rather than fetch URLs.

           With --all, all URLs for the remote will be listed.

       set-url
           Changes URLs for the remote. Sets first URL for remote <name> that
           matches regex <oldurl> (first URL if no <oldurl> is given) to
           <newurl>. If <oldurl> doesn't match any URL, an error occurs and
           nothing is changed.

           With --push, push URLs are manipulated instead of fetch URLs.

           With --add, instead of changing existing URLs, new URL is added.

           With --delete, instead of changing existing URLs, all URLs matching
           regex <url> are deleted for remote <name>. Trying to delete all
           non-push URLs is an error.

           Note that the push URL and the fetch URL, even though they can be
           set differently, must still refer to the same place. What you
           pushed to the push URL should be what you would see if you
           immediately fetched from the fetch URL. If you are trying to fetch
           from one place (e.g. your upstream) and push to another (e.g. your
           publishing repository), use two separate remotes.

       show
           Gives some information about the remote <name>.

           With -n option, the remote heads are not queried first with git
           ls-remote <name>; cached information is used instead.

       prune
           Deletes stale references associated with <name>. By default, stale
           remote-tracking branches under <name> are deleted, but depending on
           global configuration and the configuration of the remote we might
           even prune local tags that haven't been pushed there. Equivalent to
           git fetch --prune <name>, except that no new references will be
           fetched.

           See the PRUNING section of git-fetch(1) for what it'll prune
           depending on various configuration.

           With --dry-run option, report what branches will be pruned, but do
           not actually prune them.

       update
           Fetch updates for remotes or remote groups in the repository as
           defined by remotes.<group>. If neither group nor remote is
           specified on the command line, the configuration parameter
           remotes.default will be used; if remotes.default is not defined,
           all remotes which do not have the configuration parameter
           remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate set to true will be updated. (See
           git-config(1)).

           With --prune option, run pruning against all the remotes that are
           updated.

DISCUSSION
       The remote configuration is achieved using the remote.origin.url and
       remote.origin.fetch configuration variables. (See git-config(1)).

EXAMPLES
       o   Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it

               $ git remote
               origin
               $ git branch -r
                 origin/HEAD -> origin/master
                 origin/master
               $ git remote add staging git://git.kernel.org/.../gregkh/staging.git
               $ git remote
               origin
               staging
               $ git fetch staging
               ...
               From git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging
                * [new branch]      master     -> staging/master
                * [new branch]      staging-linus -> staging/staging-linus
                * [new branch]      staging-next -> staging/staging-next
               $ git branch -r
                 origin/HEAD -> origin/master
                 origin/master
                 staging/master
                 staging/staging-linus
                 staging/staging-next
               $ git switch -c staging staging/master
               ...

       o   Imitate git clone but track only selected branches

               $ mkdir project.git
               $ cd project.git
               $ git init
               $ git remote add -f -t master -m master origin git://example.com/git.git/
               $ git merge origin

SEE ALSO
       git-fetch(1) git-branch(1) git-config(1)

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite

Git 2.27.0                        06/01/2020                     GIT-REMOTE(1)

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