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 git-remote(1)
 ============

 NAME
 ----
 git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories


 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git remote' [-v | --verbose]
 'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--tags|--no-tags] [--mirror=<fetch|push>] <name> <url>
 'git remote rename' <old> <new>
 'git remote remove' <name>
 'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | -d | <branch>)
 'git remote set-branches' [--add] <name> <branch>...
 '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.
 	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'::

 Adds 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.
 +
 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`, the symbolic ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted.
 +
 With `-a`, 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.

 'set-url'::

 Changes URL remote points to. Sets first URL remote points to matching
 regex <oldurl> (first URL if no <oldurl> is given) to <newurl>. If
 <oldurl> doesn't match any URL, error occurs and nothing is changed.
 +
 With '--push', push URLs are manipulated instead of fetch URLs.
 +
 With '--add', instead of changing some URL, new URL is added.
 +
 With '--delete', instead of changing some URL, all URLs matching
 regex <url> are deleted. Trying to delete all non-push URLs is an
 error.

 '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 all stale remote-tracking branches under <name>.
 These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
 referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
 "remotes/<name>".
 +
 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 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 linkgit:git-config[1]).
 +
 With `--prune` option, prune all the remotes that are updated.


 DISCUSSION
 ----------

 The remote configuration is achieved using the `remote.origin.url` and
 `remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables.  (See
 linkgit:git-config[1]).

 Examples
 --------

 * Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it
 +
 ------------
 $ git remote
 origin
 $ git branch -r
 origin/master
 $ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6.git
 $ git remote
 linux-nfs
 origin
 $ git fetch
 * refs/remotes/linux-nfs/master: storing branch 'master' ...
   commit: bf81b46
 $ git branch -r
 origin/master
 linux-nfs/master
 $ git checkout -b nfs linux-nfs/master
 ...
 ------------

 * 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
 --------
 linkgit:git-fetch[1]
 linkgit:git-branch[1]
 linkgit:git-config[1]

 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
	git-remote(1)
	============

	NAME
	----
	git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories


	SYNOPSIS
	--------
	[verse]
	'git remote' [-v \| --verbose]
	'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--tags\|--no-tags] [--mirror=<fetch\|push>] <name> <url>
	'git remote rename' <old> <new>
	'git remote remove' <name>
	'git remote set-head' <name> (-a \| -d \| <branch>)
	'git remote set-branches' [--add] <name> <branch>...
	'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.
	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'::

	Adds 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.
	+
	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`, the symbolic ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted.
	+
	With `-a`, 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.

	'set-url'::

	Changes URL remote points to. Sets first URL remote points to matching
	regex <oldurl> (first URL if no <oldurl> is given) to <newurl>. If
	<oldurl> doesn't match any URL, error occurs and nothing is changed.
	+
	With '--push', push URLs are manipulated instead of fetch URLs.
	+
	With '--add', instead of changing some URL, new URL is added.
	+
	With '--delete', instead of changing some URL, all URLs matching
	regex <url> are deleted. Trying to delete all non-push URLs is an
	error.

	'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 all stale remote-tracking branches under <name>.
	These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
	referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
	"remotes/<name>".
	+
	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 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 linkgit:git-config[1]).
	+
	With `--prune` option, prune all the remotes that are updated.


	DISCUSSION
	----------

	The remote configuration is achieved using the `remote.origin.url` and
	`remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables. (See
	linkgit:git-config[1]).

	Examples
	--------

	* Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it
	+
	------------
	$ git remote
	origin
	$ git branch -r
	origin/master
	$ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6.git
	$ git remote
	linux-nfs
	origin
	$ git fetch
	* refs/remotes/linux-nfs/master: storing branch 'master' ...
	commit: bf81b46
	$ git branch -r
	origin/master
	linux-nfs/master
	$ git checkout -b nfs linux-nfs/master
	...
	------------

	* 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
	--------
	linkgit:git-fetch[1]
	linkgit:git-branch[1]
	linkgit:git-config[1]

	GIT
	---
	Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite