SYNOPSIS
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-git remote add nick "ext::<command>[ <arguments>...]"
+git remote add <nick> "ext::<command>[ <arguments>...]"
DESCRIPTION
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-This remote helper uses the specified 'program' to connect
+This remote helper uses the specified '<command>' to connect
to a remote git server.
-Data written to stdin of this specified 'program' is assumed
+Data written to stdin of the specified '<command>' is assumed
to be sent to a git:// server, git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack
or git-upload-archive (depending on situation), and data read
-from stdout of this program is assumed to be received from
+from stdout of <command> is assumed to be received from
the same service.
Command and arguments are separated by an unescaped space.
git wants to invoke.
'%G' (must be the first characters in an argument)::
- This argument will not be passed to 'program'. Instead, it
+ This argument will not be passed to '<command>'. Instead, it
will cause the helper to start by sending git:// service requests to
the remote side with the service field set to an appropriate value and
the repository field set to rest of the argument. Default is not to send
some tunnel.
'%V' (must be first characters in argument)::
- This argument will not be passed to 'program'. Instead it sets
+ This argument will not be passed to '<command>'. Instead it sets
the vhost field in the git:// service request (to rest of the argument).
Default is not to send vhost in such request (if sent).
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This remote helper is transparently used by git when
you use commands such as "git fetch <URL>", "git clone <URL>",
-, "git push <URL>" or "git remote add nick <URL>", where <URL>
+, "git push <URL>" or "git remote add <nick> <URL>", where <URL>
begins with `ext::`. Examples:
"ext::ssh -i /home/foo/.ssh/somekey user@host.example %S 'foo/repo'"::