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Previously, git remote update <remote> would fail unless there was a remote group configured with the same name as the remote. git remote update will now fall back to using the remote if no matching group can be found. This enables "git remote update -p <remote>..." to fetch and prune one or more remotes, for example. Signed-off-by: Finn Arne Gangstad <finnag@pvv.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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git-remote(1)
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============
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NAME
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----
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git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'git remote' [-v | --verbose]
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'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url>
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'git remote rename' <old> <new>
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'git remote rm' <name>
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'git remote set-head' <name> [-a | -d | <branch>]
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'git remote show' [-n] <name>
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'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name>
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'git remote update' [-p | --prune] [group | remote]...
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DESCRIPTION
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Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you track.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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-v::
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--verbose::
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Be a little more verbose and show remote url after name.
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COMMANDS
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--------
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With no arguments, shows a list of existing remotes. Several
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subcommands are available to perform operations on the remotes.
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'add'::
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Adds a remote named <name> for the repository at
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<url>. The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and
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update remote-tracking branches <name>/<branch>.
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With `-f` option, `git fetch <name>` is run immediately after
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the remote information is set up.
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With `-t <branch>` option, instead of the default glob
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refspec for the remote to track all branches under
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`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/`, a refspec to track only `<branch>`
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is created. You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track
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multiple branches without grabbing all branches.
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With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set
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up to point at remote's `<master>` branch. See also the set-head command.
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In mirror mode, enabled with `\--mirror`, the refs will not be stored
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in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'. This option
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only makes sense in bare repositories. If a remote uses mirror
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mode, furthermore, `git push` will always behave as if `\--mirror`
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was passed.
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'rename'::
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Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote tracking branches and
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configuration settings for the remote are updated.
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In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under
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`$GIT_DIR/remotes` or `$GIT_DIR/branches`, the remote is converted to
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the configuration file format.
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'rm'::
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Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and
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configuration settings for the remote are removed.
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'set-head'::
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Sets or deletes the default branch (`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD`) for
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the named remote. Having a default branch for a remote is not required,
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but allows the name of the remote to be specified in lieu of a specific
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branch. For example, if the default branch for `origin` is set to
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`master`, then `origin` may be specified wherever you would normally
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specify `origin/master`.
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With `-d`, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted.
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With `-a`, the remote is queried to determine its `HEAD`, then
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`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set to the same branch. e.g., if the remote
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`HEAD` is pointed at `next`, "`git remote set-head origin -a`" will set
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`$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to `refs/remotes/origin/next`. This will
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only work if `refs/remotes/origin/next` already exists; if not it must be
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fetched first.
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Use `<branch>` to set `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` explicitly. e.g., "git
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remote set-head origin master" will set `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to
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`refs/remotes/origin/master`. This will only work if
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`refs/remotes/origin/master` already exists; if not it must be fetched first.
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'show'::
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Gives some information about the remote <name>.
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With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with
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`git ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead.
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'prune'::
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Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
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These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
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referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
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"remotes/<name>".
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With `--dry-run` option, report what branches will be pruned, but do no
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actually prune them.
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'update'::
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Fetch updates for a named set of remotes in the repository as defined by
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remotes.<group>. If a named group is not specified on the command line,
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the configuration parameter remotes.default will get used; if
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remotes.default is not defined, all remotes which do not have the
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configuration parameter remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate set to true will
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be updated. (See linkgit:git-config[1]).
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With `--prune` option, prune all the remotes that are updated.
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DISCUSSION
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The remote configuration is achieved using the `remote.origin.url` and
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`remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables. (See
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linkgit:git-config[1]).
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Examples
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* Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it
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$ git remote
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origin
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$ git branch -r
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origin/master
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$ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6.git
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$ git remote
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linux-nfs
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origin
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$ git fetch
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* refs/remotes/linux-nfs/master: storing branch 'master' ...
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commit: bf81b46
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$ git branch -r
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origin/master
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linux-nfs/master
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$ git checkout -b nfs linux-nfs/master
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...
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* Imitate 'git-clone' but track only selected branches
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$ mkdir project.git
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$ cd project.git
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$ git init
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$ git remote add -f -t master -m master origin git://example.com/git.git/
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$ git merge origin
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------------
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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linkgit:git-fetch[1]
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linkgit:git-branch[1]
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linkgit:git-config[1]
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Author
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Written by Junio Hamano
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Documentation
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Documentation by J. Bruce Fields and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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