1git-remote(1) 2============ 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11[verse] 12'git-remote' 13'git-remote' add <name> <url> 14'git-remote' show <name> 15 16DESCRIPTION 17----------- 18 19Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you track. 20 21With no arguments, shows a list of existing remotes. 22 23In the second form, adds a remote named <name> for the repository at 24<url>. The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and 25update remote-tracking branches <name>/<branch>. 26 27In the third form, gives some information about the remote <name>. 28 29The remote configuration is achieved using the `remote.origin.url` and 30`remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables. (See 31gitlink:git-repo-config[1]). 32 33Examples 34-------- 35 36Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it: 37 38------------ 39$ git remote 40origin 41$ git branch -r 42origin/master 43$ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/nfs-2.6.git 44$ git remote 45linux-nfs 46origin 47$ git fetch 48* refs/remotes/linux-nfs/master: storing branch 'master' ... 49 commit: bf81b46 50$ git branch -r 51origin/master 52linux-nfs/master 53$ git checkout -b nfs linux-nfs/master 54... 55------------ 56 57See Also 58-------- 59gitlink:git-fetch[1] 60gitlink:git-branch[1] 61gitlink:git-repo-config[1] 62 63Author 64------ 65Written by Junio Hamano 66 67 68Documentation 69-------------- 70Documentation by J. Bruce Fields and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 71 72 73GIT 74--- 75Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite 76