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NAME
       git-remote - Manage set of tracked repositories

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

OPTIONS
       -v, --verbose
	   Be a little more verbose and show remote url after name. For
	   promisor remotes, also show which filter (blob:none etc.) are
	   configured. 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
	   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)).

	   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) 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)).

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

DISCUSSION
       The remote configuration is achieved using the remote.origin.url and
       remote.origin.fetch configuration variables. (See git-config(1)).

EXIT STATUS
       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
       o   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
	       ...


       o   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
       git-fetch(1) git-branch(1) git-config(1)

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite



Git 2.38.4			  05/16/2024			 GIT-REMOTE(1)