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   1git-ls-remote(1)
   2================
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6git-ls-remote - List references in a remote repository
   7
   8
   9SYNOPSIS
  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
  16DESCRIPTION
  17-----------
  18Displays references available in a remote repository along with the associated
  19commit IDs.
  20
  21
  22OPTIONS
  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
  92EXAMPLES
  93--------
  94
  95        $ git ls-remote --tags ./.
  96        d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a        refs/tags/v0.99
  97        f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41        refs/tags/v0.99.1
  98        7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e        refs/tags/v0.99.3
  99        c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441        refs/tags/v0.99.2
 100        0918385dbd9656cab0d1d81ba7453d49bbc16250        refs/tags/junio-gpg-pub
 101        $ git ls-remote http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master pu rc
 102        5fe978a5381f1fbad26a80e682ddd2a401966740        refs/heads/master
 103        c781a84b5204fb294c9ccc79f8b3baceeb32c061        refs/heads/pu
 104        $ git remote add korg http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
 105        $ git ls-remote --tags korg v\*
 106        d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a        refs/tags/v0.99
 107        f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41        refs/tags/v0.99.1
 108        c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441        refs/tags/v0.99.2
 109        7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e        refs/tags/v0.99.3
 110
 111SEE ALSO
 112--------
 113linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].
 114
 115GIT
 116---
 117Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite