diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index 581bb4c413..9c3e3bf83a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -187,18 +187,25 @@ Examples $ git remote origin $ git branch -r -origin/master -$ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6.git + origin/HEAD -> origin/master + origin/master +$ git remote add staging git://git.kernel.org/.../gregkh/staging.git $ git remote -linux-nfs origin -$ git fetch -* refs/remotes/linux-nfs/master: storing branch 'master' ... - commit: bf81b46 +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/master -linux-nfs/master -$ git checkout -b nfs linux-nfs/master + origin/HEAD -> origin/master + origin/master + staging/master + staging/staging-linus + staging/staging-next +$ git checkout -b staging staging/master ... ------------ diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index e831cc2020..4283d8fe83 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -431,19 +431,25 @@ You can also track branches from repositories other than the one you cloned from, using linkgit:git-remote[1]: ------------------------------------------------- -$ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/nfs-2.6.git -$ git fetch linux-nfs -* refs/remotes/linux-nfs/master: storing branch 'master' ... - commit: bf81b46 +$ git remote add staging git://git.kernel.org/.../gregkh/staging.git +$ 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 ------------------------------------------------- New remote-tracking branches will be stored under the shorthand name -that you gave `git remote add`, in this case `linux-nfs`: +that you gave `git remote add`, in this case `staging`: ------------------------------------------------- $ git branch -r -linux-nfs/master -origin/master + origin/HEAD -> origin/master + origin/master + staging/master + staging/staging-linus + staging/staging-next ------------------------------------------------- If you run `git fetch ` later, the remote-tracking branches @@ -455,9 +461,9 @@ a new stanza: ------------------------------------------------- $ cat .git/config ... -[remote "linux-nfs"] - url = git://linux-nfs.org/pub/nfs-2.6.git - fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/linux-nfs/* +[remote "staging"] + url = git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git + fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/staging/* ... -------------------------------------------------