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diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index 61a6022ce8..c272c92d4b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -9,11 +9,14 @@ git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-remote' -'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] <name> <url> -'git-remote' show <name> -'git-remote' prune <name> -'git-remote' update [group] +'git remote' [-v | --verbose] +'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url> +'git remote rename' <old> <new> +'git remote rm' <name> +'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | -d | <branch>) +'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'show' [-n] <name> +'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name> +'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'update' [-p | --prune] [group | remote]... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -21,6 +24,15 @@ 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 -------- @@ -43,8 +55,51 @@ is created. You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track multiple branches without grabbing all branches. + With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set -up to point at remote's `<master>` branch instead of whatever -branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at. +up to point at remote's `<master>` branch. See also the set-head command. ++ +In mirror mode, enabled with `\--mirror`, the refs will not be stored +in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'. This option +only makes sense in bare repositories. If a remote uses mirror +mode, furthermore, `git push` will always behave as if `\--mirror` +was passed. + +'rename':: + +Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote tracking branches and +configuration settings for the remote are updated. ++ +In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under +`$GIT_DIR/remotes` or `$GIT_DIR/branches`, the remote is converted to +the configuration file format. + +'rm':: + +Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and +configuration settings for the remote are removed. + +'set-head':: + +Sets or deletes the default branch (`$GIT_DIR/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`, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted. ++ +With `-a`, the remote is queried to determine its `HEAD`, then +`$GIT_DIR/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 +`$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to `refs/remotes/origin/next`. This will +only work if `refs/remotes/origin/next` already exists; if not it must be +fetched first. ++ +Use `<branch>` to set `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` explicitly. e.g., "git +remote set-head origin master" will set `$GIT_DIR/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. ++ 'show':: @@ -60,18 +115,19 @@ These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in "remotes/<name>". + -With `-n` option, the remote heads are not confirmed first with `git -ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead. Use with -caution. +With `--dry-run` option, report what branches will be pruned, but do not +actually prune them. '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 +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 gitlink:git-config[1]). +be updated. (See linkgit:git-config[1]). ++ +With `--prune` option, prune all the remotes that are updated. DISCUSSION @@ -79,7 +135,7 @@ DISCUSSION The remote configuration is achieved using the `remote.origin.url` and `remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables. (See -gitlink:git-config[1]). +linkgit:git-config[1]). Examples -------- @@ -91,7 +147,7 @@ $ git remote origin $ git branch -r origin/master -$ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/nfs-2.6.git +$ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6.git $ git remote linux-nfs origin @@ -105,7 +161,7 @@ $ git checkout -b nfs linux-nfs/master ... ------------ -* Imitate 'git clone' but track only selected branches +* Imitate 'git-clone' but track only selected branches + ------------ $ mkdir project.git @@ -116,11 +172,11 @@ $ git merge origin ------------ -See Also +SEE ALSO -------- -gitlink:git-fetch[1] -gitlink:git-branch[1] -gitlink:git-config[1] +linkgit:git-fetch[1] +linkgit:git-branch[1] +linkgit:git-config[1] Author ------ @@ -134,4 +190,4 @@ Documentation by J. Bruce Fields and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |