| include::urls.txt[] | 
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 | REMOTES[[REMOTES]] | 
 | ------------------ | 
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 | The name of one of the following can be used instead | 
 | of a URL as `<repository>` argument: | 
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 | * a remote in the git configuration file: `$GIT_DIR/config`, | 
 | * a file in the `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory, or | 
 | * a file in the `$GIT_DIR/branches` directory. | 
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 | All of these also allow you to omit the refspec from the command line | 
 | because they each contain a refspec which git will use by default. | 
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 | Named remote in configuration file | 
 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
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 | You can choose to provide the name of a remote which you had previously | 
 | configured using linkgit:git-remote[1], linkgit:git-config[1] | 
 | or even by a manual edit to the `$GIT_DIR/config` file.  The URL of | 
 | this remote will be used to access the repository.  The refspec | 
 | of this remote will be used by default when you do | 
 | not provide a refspec on the command line.  The entry in the | 
 | config file would appear like this: | 
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 | ------------ | 
 | 	[remote "<name>"] | 
 | 		url = <url> | 
 | 		pushurl = <pushurl> | 
 | 		push = <refspec> | 
 | 		fetch = <refspec> | 
 | ------------ | 
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 | The `<pushurl>` is used for pushes only. It is optional and defaults | 
 | to `<url>`. | 
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 | Named file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes` | 
 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
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 | You can choose to provide the name of a | 
 | file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes`.  The URL | 
 | in this file will be used to access the repository.  The refspec | 
 | in this file will be used as default when you do not | 
 | provide a refspec on the command line.  This file should have the | 
 | following format: | 
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 | ------------ | 
 | 	URL: one of the above URL format | 
 | 	Push: <refspec> | 
 | 	Pull: <refspec> | 
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 | ------------ | 
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 | `Push:` lines are used by 'git push' and | 
 | `Pull:` lines are used by 'git pull' and 'git fetch'. | 
 | Multiple `Push:` and `Pull:` lines may | 
 | be specified for additional branch mappings. | 
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 | Named file in `$GIT_DIR/branches` | 
 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
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 | You can choose to provide the name of a | 
 | file in `$GIT_DIR/branches`. | 
 | The URL in this file will be used to access the repository. | 
 | This file should have the following format: | 
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 | ------------ | 
 | 	<url>#<head> | 
 | ------------ | 
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 | `<url>` is required; `#<head>` is optional. | 
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 | Depending on the operation, git will use one of the following | 
 | refspecs, if you don't provide one on the command line. | 
 | `<branch>` is the name of this file in `$GIT_DIR/branches` and | 
 | `<head>` defaults to `master`. | 
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 | git fetch uses: | 
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 | ------------ | 
 | 	refs/heads/<head>:refs/heads/<branch> | 
 | ------------ | 
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 | git push uses: | 
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 | ------------ | 
 | 	HEAD:refs/heads/<head> | 
 | ------------ | 
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