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diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index a60c31a315..266faade31 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git-remote' add <name> <url> 'git-remote' show <name> 'git-remote' prune <name> +'git-remote' update [group] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -31,6 +32,19 @@ subcommands are available to perform operations on the remotes. 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 `-t <branch>` option, instead of the default glob +refspec for the remote to track all branches under +`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/`, a refspec to track only `<branch>` +is created. You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track +multiple branche without grabbing all branches. ++ +With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set +up to point at remote's `<master>` branch instead of whatever +branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at. 'show':: @@ -40,7 +54,17 @@ Gives some information about the remote <name>. Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>. These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository -referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in "remotes/<name>". +referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in +"remotes/<name>". + +'update':: + +Fetch updates for a named set of remotes in the repository as defined by +remotes.<group>. If a named group is not specified on the command line, +the configuration parameter remotes.default will get used; if +remotes.default is not defined, all remotes which do not the +configuration parameter remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate set to true will +be updated. (See gitlink:git-config[1]). DISCUSSION |