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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 [--[no-]progress] <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. For promisor
           remotes, also show which filter (blob:none etc.) are configured.
           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
           Add 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 would 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)).


EXIT STATUS

       On success, the exit status is 0.

       When subcommands such as add, rename, and remove can't find the remote in
       question, the exit status is 2. When the remote already exists, the exit
       status is 3.

       On any other error, the exit status may be any other non-zero value.


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



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