git-ls-remote(1)
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-v0.1, May 2005
NAME
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-git-ls-remote - Look at references other repository has.
+git-ls-remote - List references in a remote repository
SYNOPSIS
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-'git-ls-remote' [--heads] [--tags] <repository> <refs>...
+[verse]
+'git-ls-remote' [--heads] [--tags] [-u <exec> | --upload-pack <exec>]
+ <repository> <refs>...
DESCRIPTION
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-Displays the references other repository has.
+Displays references available in a remote repository along with the associated
+commit IDs.
OPTIONS
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---heads --tags::
+-h|--heads, -t|--tags::
Limit to only refs/heads and refs/tags, respectively.
These options are _not_ mutually exclusive; when given
both, references stored in refs/heads and refs/tags are
displayed.
+-u <exec>, --upload-pack=<exec>::
+ Specify the full path of gitlink:git-upload-pack[1] on the remote
+ host. This allows listing references from repositories accessed via
+ SSH and where the SSH deamon does not use the PATH configured by the
+ user. Also see the '--exec' option for gitlink:git-peek-remote[1].
+
<repository>::
Location of the repository. The shorthand defined in
- $GIT_DIR/branches/ can be used.
+ $GIT_DIR/branches/ can be used. Use "." (dot) to list references in
+ the local repository.
<refs>...::
When unspecified, all references, after filtering done