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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-02-28 14:18:57 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-02-28 14:18:57 -0800
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Merge branch 'maint'
* maint: Start preparing Release Notes for 1.5.0.3 Documentation: git-remote add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] name url Include config.mak in doc/Makefile git.el: Set the default commit coding system from the repository config. git-archimport: support empty summaries, put summary on a single line. http-push.c::lock_remote(): validate all remote refs. git-cvsexportcommit: don't cleanup .msg if not yet committed to cvs.
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git-remote'
-'git-remote' add <name> <url>
+'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] <name> <url>
'git-remote' show <name>
'git-remote' prune <name>
'git-remote' update [group]
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ gitlink:git-config[1]).
Examples
--------
-Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it:
-
+* Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it
++
------------
$ git remote
origin
@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ $ git checkout -b nfs linux-nfs/master
...
------------
+* 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
--------
gitlink:git-fetch[1]