Documentation/urls-remotes.txt

   1 include::urls.txt[]
   2
   3 REMOTES[[REMOTES]]
   4 ------------------
   5
   6 The name of one of the following can be used instead
   7 of a URL as `<repository>` argument:
   8
   9 * a remote in the Git configuration file: `$GIT_DIR/config`,
  10 * a file in the `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory, or
  11 * a file in the `$GIT_DIR/branches` directory.
  12
  13 All of these also allow you to omit the refspec from the command line
  14 because they each contain a refspec which git will use by default.
  15
  16 Named remote in configuration file
  17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  18
  19 You can choose to provide the name of a remote which you had previously
  20 configured using linkgit:git-remote[1], linkgit:git-config[1]
  21 or even by a manual edit to the `$GIT_DIR/config` file.  The URL of
  22 this remote will be used to access the repository.  The refspec
  23 of this remote will be used by default when you do
  24 not provide a refspec on the command line.  The entry in the
  25 config file would appear like this:
  26
  27 ------------
  28         [remote "<name>"]
  29                 url = <url>
  30                 pushurl = <pushurl>
  31                 push = <refspec>
  32                 fetch = <refspec>
  33 ------------
  34
  35 The `<pushurl>` is used for pushes only. It is optional and defaults
  36 to `<url>`.
  37
  38 Named file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes`
  39 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  40
  41 You can choose to provide the name of a
  42 file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes`.  The URL
  43 in this file will be used to access the repository.  The refspec
  44 in this file will be used as default when you do not
  45 provide a refspec on the command line.  This file should have the
  46 following format:
  47
  48 ------------
  49         URL: one of the above URL format
  50         Push: <refspec>
  51         Pull: <refspec>
  52
  53 ------------
  54
  55 `Push:` lines are used by 'git push' and
  56 `Pull:` lines are used by 'git pull' and 'git fetch'.
  57 Multiple `Push:` and `Pull:` lines may
  58 be specified for additional branch mappings.
  59
  60 Named file in `$GIT_DIR/branches`
  61 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  62
  63 You can choose to provide the name of a
  64 file in `$GIT_DIR/branches`.
  65 The URL in this file will be used to access the repository.
  66 This file should have the following format:
  67
  68
  69 ------------
  70         <url>#<head>
  71 ------------
  72
  73 `<url>` is required; `#<head>` is optional.
  74
  75 Depending on the operation, git will use one of the following
  76 refspecs, if you don't provide one on the command line.
  77 `<branch>` is the name of this file in `$GIT_DIR/branches` and
  78 `<head>` defaults to `master`.
  79
  80 git fetch uses:
  81
  82 ------------
  83         refs/heads/<head>:refs/heads/<branch>
  84 ------------
  85
  86 git push uses:
  87
  88 ------------
  89         HEAD:refs/heads/<head>
  90 ------------
  91
  92
  93
  94