5812473335
Alter the description of <repository> in OPTIONS section to explicitly state that a 'remote name' is accepted. Rewrite REMOTES section to more directly identify the different kinds of remote-name permitted. Signed-off-by: John J. Franey <jjfraney@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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include::urls.txt[]
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REMOTES[[REMOTES]]
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------------------
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The name of one of the following can be used instead
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of a URL as `<repository>` argument:
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* a remote in the git configuration file: `$GIT_DIR/config`,
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* a file in the `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory, or
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* a file in the `$GIT_DIR/branches` directory.
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All of these also allow you to omit the refspec from the command line
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because they each contain a refspec which git will use by default.
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Named remote in configuration file
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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You can choose to provide the name of a remote which you had previously
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configured using linkgit:git-remote[1], linkgit:git-config[1]
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or even by a manual edit to the `$GIT_DIR/config` file. The URL of
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this remote will be used to access the repository. The refspec
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of this remote will be used by default when you do
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not provide a refspec on the command line. The entry in the
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config file would appear like this:
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------------
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[remote "<name>"]
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url = <url>
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push = <refspec>
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fetch = <refspec>
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------------
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Named file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes`
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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You can choose to provide the name of a
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file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes`. The URL
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in this file will be used to access the repository. The refspec
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in this file will be used as default when you do not
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provide a refspec on the command line. This file should have the
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following format:
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------------
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URL: one of the above URL format
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Push: <refspec>
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Pull: <refspec>
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------------
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`Push:` lines are used by `git-push` and
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`Pull:` lines are used by `git-pull` and `git-fetch`.
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Multiple `Push:` and `Pull:` lines may
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be specified for additional branch mappings.
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Named file in `$GIT_DIR/branches`
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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You can choose to provide the name of a
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file in `$GIT_DIR/branches`.
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The URL in this file will be used to access the repository.
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This file should have the following format:
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------------
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<url>#<head>
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------------
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`<url>` is required; `#<head>` is optional.
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When you do not provide a refspec on the command line,
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git will use the following refspec, where `<head>` defaults to `master`,
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and `<repository>` is the name of this file
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you provided in the command line.
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------------
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refs/heads/<head>:<repository>
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