Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt

   1 git-ls-remote(1)
   2 ================
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-ls-remote - List references in a remote repository
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 [verse]
  12 'git ls-remote' [--heads] [--tags] [--refs] [--upload-pack=<exec>]
  13               [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url] [--sort=<key>]
  14               [--symref] [<repository> [<refs>...]]
  15
  16 DESCRIPTION
  17 -----------
  18 Displays references available in a remote repository along with the associated
  19 commit IDs.
  20
  21
  22 OPTIONS
  23 -------
  24 -h::
  25 --heads::
  26 -t::
  27 --tags::
  28         Limit to only refs/heads and refs/tags, respectively.
  29         These options are _not_ mutually exclusive; when given
  30         both, references stored in refs/heads and refs/tags are
  31         displayed.
  32
  33 --refs::
  34         Do not show peeled tags or pseudorefs like `HEAD` in the output.
  35
  36 -q::
  37 --quiet::
  38         Do not print remote URL to stderr.
  39
  40 --upload-pack=<exec>::
  41         Specify the full path of 'git-upload-pack' on the remote
  42         host. This allows listing references from repositories accessed via
  43         SSH and where the SSH daemon does not use the PATH configured by the
  44         user.
  45
  46 --exit-code::
  47         Exit with status "2" when no matching refs are found in the remote
  48         repository. Usually the command exits with status "0" to indicate
  49         it successfully talked with the remote repository, whether it
  50         found any matching refs.
  51
  52 --get-url::
  53         Expand the URL of the given remote repository taking into account any
  54         "url.<base>.insteadOf" config setting (See linkgit:git-config[1]) and
  55         exit without talking to the remote.
  56
  57 --symref::
  58         In addition to the object pointed by it, show the underlying
  59         ref pointed by it when showing a symbolic ref.  Currently,
  60         upload-pack only shows the symref HEAD, so it will be the only
  61         one shown by ls-remote.
  62
  63 --sort=<key>::
  64         Sort based on the key given. Prefix `-` to sort in descending order
  65         of the value. Supports "version:refname" or "v:refname" (tag names
  66         are treated as versions). The "version:refname" sort order can also
  67         be affected by the "versionsort.suffix" configuration variable.
  68         See linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1] for more sort options, but be aware
  69         keys like `committerdate` that require access to the objects
  70         themselves will not work for refs whose objects have not yet been
  71         fetched from the remote, and will give a `missing object` error.
  72
  73 -o <option>::
  74 --server-option=<option>::
  75         Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using
  76         protocol version 2.  The given string must not contain a NUL or LF
  77         character.
  78         When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
  79         sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
  80
  81 <repository>::
  82         The "remote" repository to query.  This parameter can be
  83         either a URL or the name of a remote (see the GIT URLS and
  84         REMOTES sections of linkgit:git-fetch[1]).
  85
  86 <refs>...::
  87         When unspecified, all references, after filtering done
  88         with --heads and --tags, are shown.  When <refs>... are
  89         specified, only references matching the given patterns
  90         are displayed.
  91
  92 EXAMPLES
  93 --------
  94
  95 ----
  96 $ git ls-remote --tags ./.
  97 d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a        refs/tags/v0.99
  98 f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41        refs/tags/v0.99.1
  99 7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e        refs/tags/v0.99.3
 100 c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441        refs/tags/v0.99.2
 101 0918385dbd9656cab0d1d81ba7453d49bbc16250        refs/tags/junio-gpg-pub
 102 $ git ls-remote http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master pu rc
 103 5fe978a5381f1fbad26a80e682ddd2a401966740        refs/heads/master
 104 c781a84b5204fb294c9ccc79f8b3baceeb32c061        refs/heads/pu
 105 $ git remote add korg http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
 106 $ git ls-remote --tags korg v\*
 107 d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a        refs/tags/v0.99
 108 f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41        refs/tags/v0.99.1
 109 c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441        refs/tags/v0.99.2
 110 7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e        refs/tags/v0.99.3
 111 ----
 112
 113 SEE ALSO
 114 --------
 115 linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].
 116
 117 GIT
 118 ---
 119 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite