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NAME top

   git-remote - Manage set of tracked repositories

SYNOPSIS top

   _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 top

   Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you
   track.

OPTIONS top

   -v, --verbose
       Be a little more verbose and show remote url after name. For
       promisor remotes, also show which filters (**blob:none** etc.) are
       configured. NOTE: This must be placed between **remote** and
       subcommand.

COMMANDS top

   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)](../man1/git-fetch.1.html)).

       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)](../man1/git-fetch.1.html) 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)](../man1/git-config.1.html)).

       With **--prune** option, run pruning against all the remotes that
       are updated.

DISCUSSION top

   The remote configuration is achieved using the **remote.origin.url**
   and **remote.origin.fetch** configuration variables. (See
   [git-config(1)](../man1/git-config.1.html)).

EXIT STATUS top

   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 top

   •   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
           ...

   •   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

GIT top

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NAME top

SYNOPSIS top

DESCRIPTION top

OPTIONS top

COMMANDS top

DISCUSSION top

EXIT STATUS top

EXAMPLES top

SEE ALSO top

GIT top

COLOPHON top