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Git - Remote (Tracked Repository)

About

A remote in Git is a remote repository (ie a remote git server).

Git remote manage the set of repositories (“remotes”) whose branches you track.

They are also called tracked repositories in reference to tracking branch.

See also:

Provider

Remote repository definition

The name of one of the following can be used instead of a URL as repository argument:

All of these also allow you to omit the refspec from the command line because they each contain a refspec which git will use by default.

Named remote in configuration file

Name of a remote configured using:

The URL of this remote will be used to access the repository.

The refspec of this remote will be used by default when you do not provide a refspec on the command line. The entry in the config file would appear like this: 

[remote "<name>"]
    url = <url>
    pushurl = <pushurl>
    push = <refspec>
    fetch = <refspec>

where:

Named file in $GIT_DIR/remotes

You can choose to provide the name of a file in $GIT_DIR/remotes. The URL in this file will be used to access the repository.

The refspec in this file will be used as default when you do not provide a refspec on the command line.

This file should have the following format: 

URL: one of the above URL format
Push: <refspec>
Pull: <refspec>

where:

Multiple Push: and Pull: lines may be specified for additional branch mappings.

Named file in $GIT_DIR/branches

<branch> is the name of a file in $GIT_DIR/branches. What is a Git Branch ?

The URL in this file will be used to access the repository. This file should have the following format: 

<url>#<head>

where:

Usage: 

refs/heads/<head>:refs/heads/<branch>

HEAD:refs/heads/<head>

Management

list

git remote

origin


git branch --remotes

* master


git config --get-regex remote

remote.aliasRemote.url=https://github.com/gerardnico/dokuwiki-plugin-codeplus.git
remote.aliasRemote.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

add

Add a remote.

Example: 

git remote add aliasRemote https://github.com/userName/repositoryName.git

verification

git remote -v

origin  https://github.com/gerardnico/myRepo.git (fetch)
origin  https://github.com/gerardnico/myRepo.git (push)

relocate (Update URL)

git remote set-url origin http://newUrl.git

fetch (Update local)

Git - Fetch (Remote Repository Sync)

push (Update remote)

Git - Push

Paths

Each remote has a directory under .git/refs/remotes/

Documentation / Reference