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   1git-ls-remote(1)
   2================
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6git-ls-remote - Look at references other repository has
   7
   8
   9SYNOPSIS
  10--------
  11'git-ls-remote' [--heads] [--tags] <repository> <refs>...
  12
  13DESCRIPTION
  14-----------
  15Displays the references other repository has.
  16
  17
  18OPTIONS
  19-------
  20-h|--heads, -t|--tags::
  21        Limit to only refs/heads and refs/tags, respectively.
  22        These options are _not_ mutually exclusive; when given
  23        both, references stored in refs/heads and refs/tags are
  24        displayed.
  25
  26<repository>::
  27        Location of the repository.  The shorthand defined in
  28        $GIT_DIR/branches/ can be used.
  29
  30<refs>...::
  31        When unspecified, all references, after filtering done
  32        with --heads and --tags, are shown.  When <refs>... are
  33        specified, only references matching the given patterns
  34        are displayed.
  35
  36EXAMPLES
  37--------
  38
  39        $ git ls-remote --tags ./.
  40        d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a        refs/tags/v0.99
  41        f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41        refs/tags/v0.99.1
  42        7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e        refs/tags/v0.99.3
  43        c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441        refs/tags/v0.99.2
  44        0918385dbd9656cab0d1d81ba7453d49bbc16250        refs/tags/junio-gpg-pub
  45        $ git ls-remote http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master pu rc
  46        5fe978a5381f1fbad26a80e682ddd2a401966740        refs/heads/master
  47        c781a84b5204fb294c9ccc79f8b3baceeb32c061        refs/heads/pu
  48        b1d096f2926c4e37c9c0b6a7bf2119bedaa277cb        refs/heads/rc
  49        $ echo http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git >.git/branches/public
  50        $ git ls-remote --tags public v\*
  51        d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a        refs/tags/v0.99
  52        f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41        refs/tags/v0.99.1
  53        c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441        refs/tags/v0.99.2
  54        7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e        refs/tags/v0.99.3
  55
  56Author
  57------
  58Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
  59
  60GIT
  61---
  62Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
  63