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