git-remote(1)
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NAME
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git-remote - Manage set of tracked repositories


SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'git remote' [-v | --verbose]
'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--[no-]tags] [--mirror=(fetch|push)] <name> <URL>
'git remote rename' [--[no-]progress] <old> <new>
'git remote remove' <name>
'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | --auto | -d | --delete | <branch>)
'git remote set-branches' [--add] <name> <branch>...
'git remote get-url' [--push] [--all] <name>
'git remote set-url' [--push] <name> <newurl> [<oldurl>]
'git remote set-url --add' [--push] <name> <newurl>
'git remote set-url --delete' [--push] <name> <URL>
'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'show' [-n] <name>...
'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name>...
'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'update' [-p | --prune] [(<group> | <remote>)...]

DESCRIPTION
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Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you track.


OPTIONS
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-v::
--verbose::
	Be a little more verbose and show remote url after name.
	For promisor remotes, also show which filters (`blob:none` etc.)
	are configured.
	NOTE: This must be placed between `remote` and subcommand.


COMMANDS
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With no arguments, shows a list of existing remotes.  Several
subcommands are available to perform operations on the remotes.

'add'::

Add a remote named <name> for the repository at
<URL>.  The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and
update remote-tracking branches <name>/<branch>.
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With `-f` option, `git fetch <name>` is run immediately after
the remote information is set up.
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With `--tags` option, `git fetch <name>` imports every tag from the
remote repository.
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With `--no-tags` option, `git fetch <name>` does not import tags from
the remote repository.
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By default, only tags on fetched branches are imported
(see linkgit:git-fetch[1]).
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With `-t <branch>` option, instead of the default glob
refspec for the remote to track all branches under
the `refs/remotes/<name>/` namespace, a refspec to track only `<branch>`
is created.  You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track
multiple branches without grabbing all branches.
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With `-m <master>` option, a symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set
up to point at remote's `<master>` branch. See also the set-head command.
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When a fetch mirror is created with `--mirror=fetch`, the refs will not
be stored in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but rather everything in
'refs/' on the remote will be directly mirrored into 'refs/' in the
local repository. This option only makes sense in bare repositories,
because a fetch would overwrite any local commits.
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When a push mirror is created with `--mirror=push`, then `git push`
will always behave as if `--mirror` was passed.

'rename'::

Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote-tracking branches and
configuration settings for the remote are updated.
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In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under
`$GIT_DIR/remotes` or `$GIT_DIR/branches`, the remote is converted to
the configuration file format.

'remove'::
'rm'::

Remove the remote named <name>. All remote-tracking branches and
configuration settings for the remote are removed.

'set-head'::

Sets or deletes the default branch (i.e. the target of the
symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD`) for
the named remote. Having a default branch for a remote is not required,
but allows the name of the remote to be specified in lieu of a specific
branch. For example, if the default branch for `origin` is set to
`master`, then `origin` may be specified wherever you would normally
specify `origin/master`.
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With `-d` or `--delete`, the symbolic ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted.
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With `-a` or `--auto`, the remote is queried to determine its `HEAD`, then the
symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set to the same branch. e.g., if the remote
`HEAD` is pointed at `next`, `git remote set-head origin -a` will set
the symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to `refs/remotes/origin/next`.