Merge branch 'jn/am-doc-hooks'
[gitweb.git] / Documentation / git-ls-remote.txt
index 7a9b86a58a1c00c08803e9ef40bb6a17146125a9..2e22915eb857bd960f09afc725107198642bfd22 100644 (file)
@@ -42,10 +42,15 @@ OPTIONS
        it successfully talked with the remote repository, whether it
        found any matching refs.
 
+--get-url::
+       Expand the URL of the given remote repository taking into account any
+       "url.<base>.insteadOf" config setting (See linkgit:git-config[1]) and
+       exit without talking to the remote.
+
 <repository>::
-       Location of the repository.  The shorthand defined in
-       $GIT_DIR/branches/ can be used. Use "." (dot) to list references in
-       the local repository.
+       The "remote" repository to query.  This parameter can be
+       either a URL or the name of a remote (see the GIT URLS and
+       REMOTES sections of linkgit:git-fetch[1]).
 
 <refs>...::
        When unspecified, all references, after filtering done
@@ -65,9 +70,8 @@ EXAMPLES
        $ git ls-remote http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master pu rc
        5fe978a5381f1fbad26a80e682ddd2a401966740        refs/heads/master
        c781a84b5204fb294c9ccc79f8b3baceeb32c061        refs/heads/pu
-       b1d096f2926c4e37c9c0b6a7bf2119bedaa277cb        refs/heads/rc
-       $ echo http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git >.git/branches/public
-       $ git ls-remote --tags public v\*
+       $ git remote add korg http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
+       $ git ls-remote --tags korg v\*
        d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a        refs/tags/v0.99
        f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41        refs/tags/v0.99.1
        c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441        refs/tags/v0.99.2