--------
[verse]
'git-remote'
-'git-remote' add <name> <url>
+'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url>
+'git-remote' rm <name>
'git-remote' show <name>
'git-remote' prune <name>
+'git-remote' update [group]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
refspec for the remote to track all branches under
`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/`, a refspec to track only `<branch>`
is created. You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track
-multiple branche without grabbing all branches.
+multiple branches without grabbing all branches.
+
With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set
up to point at remote's `<master>` branch instead of whatever
branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at.
++
+In mirror mode, enabled with `--mirror`, the refs will not be stored
+in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'. This option
+only makes sense in bare repositories.
+
+'rm'::
+
+Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and
+configuration settings for the remote are removed.
'show'::
Gives some information about the remote <name>.
++
+With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with
+`git ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead.
'prune'::
Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
-referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in "remotes/<name>".
+referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
+"remotes/<name>".
++
+With `-n` option, the remote heads are not confirmed first with `git
+ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead. Use with
+caution.
+
+'update'::
+
+Fetch updates for a named set of remotes in the repository as defined by
+remotes.<group>. If a named group is not specified on the command line,
+the configuration parameter remotes.default will get used; if
+remotes.default is not defined, all remotes which do not have the
+configuration parameter remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate set to true will
+be updated. (See linkgit:git-config[1]).
DISCUSSION
The remote configuration is achieved using the `remote.origin.url` and
`remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables. (See
-gitlink:git-config[1]).
+linkgit:git-config[1]).
Examples
--------
-Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it:
-
+* Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it
++
------------
$ git remote
origin
$ git branch -r
origin/master
-$ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/nfs-2.6.git
+$ git remote add linux-nfs git://linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6.git
$ git remote
linux-nfs
origin
...
------------
+* Imitate 'git clone' but track only selected branches
++
+------------
+$ mkdir project.git
+$ cd project.git
+$ git init
+$ git remote add -f -t master -m master origin git://example.com/git.git/
+$ git merge origin
+------------
+
+
See Also
--------
-gitlink:git-fetch[1]
-gitlink:git-branch[1]
-gitlink:git-config[1]
+linkgit:git-fetch[1]
+linkgit:git-branch[1]
+linkgit:git-config[1]
Author
------
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite