git/Documentation/git-remote.txt
Paolo Bonzini 84bb2dfd9f Add a remote.*.mirror configuration option
This patch adds a remote.*.mirror configuration option that,
when set, automatically puts git-push in --mirror mode for that
remote.

Furthermore, the option is set automatically by `git remote
add --mirror'.

The code in remote.c to parse remote.*.skipdefaultupdate
had a subtle problem: a comment in the code indicated that
special care was needed for boolean options, but this care was
not used in parsing the option.  Since I was touching related
code, I did this fix too.

[jc: and I further fixed up the "ignore boolean" code.]

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-20 18:49:22 -07:00

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git-remote(1)
============
NAME
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git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git-remote'
'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url>
'git-remote' rm <name>
'git-remote' show <name>
'git-remote' prune <name>
'git-remote' update [group]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you track.
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>.
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With `-f` option, `git fetch <name>` is run immediately after
the remote information is set up.
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With `-t <branch>` option, instead of the default glob
refspec for the remote to track all branches under
`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/`, a refspec to track only `<branch>`
is created. You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track
multiple branches without grabbing all branches.
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With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set
up to point at remote's `<master>` branch instead of whatever
branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at.
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In mirror mode, enabled with `\--mirror`, the refs will not be stored
in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'. This option
only makes sense in bare repositories. If a remote uses mirror
mode, furthermore, `git push` will always behave as if `\--mirror`
was passed.
'rm'::
Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and
configuration settings for the remote are removed.
'show'::
Gives some information about the remote <name>.
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With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with
`git ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead.
'prune'::
Deletes all stale 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>".
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With `-n` option, the remote heads are not confirmed first with `git
ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead. Use with
caution.
'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 get 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]).
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
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------------
$ 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
...
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* Imitate 'git clone' but track only selected branches
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$ 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
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See Also
--------
linkgit:git-fetch[1]
linkgit:git-branch[1]
linkgit:git-config[1]
Author
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Written by Junio Hamano
Documentation
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Documentation by J. Bruce Fields and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite