3. Git Remotes
3.1. About Remotes
Default remote:
origin(cloned from)Any repository can be remote
Can fetch and push to any remote
Pull Requests are branches too
.git/config section
[remote "origin"]can have multiple urls
3.2. Using Remotes
usage: git remote [-v | --verbose]
or: git remote add [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--tags | --no-tags] [--mirror=<fetch|push>] <name> <url>
or: git remote rename <old> <new>
or: git remote remove <name>
or: git remote set-head <name> (-a | --auto | -d | --delete | <branch>)
or: git remote [-v | --verbose] show [-n] <name>
or: git remote prune [-n | --dry-run] <name>
or: git remote [-v | --verbose] update [-p | --prune] [(<group> | <remote>)...]
or: git remote set-branches [--add] <name> <branch>...
or: git remote get-url [--push] [--all] <name>
or: git remote set-url [--push] <name> <newurl> [<oldurl>]
or: git remote set-url --add <name> <newurl>
or: git remote set-url --delete <name> <url>
-v, --verbose be verbose; must be placed before a subcommand
$ git remote
origin
$ git remote -v
origin https://github.com/AstroMatt/book-devops.git (fetch)
origin https://github.com/AstroMatt/book-devops.git (push)
$ ls .git/refs/remotes
origin
$ git ls-remote
From https://github.com/AstroMatt/book-devops.git
8192e9663597d1a58bb89d09b882372763395175 HEAD
8192e9663597d1a58bb89d09b882372763395175 refs/heads/master
328c3ea571acda37a2d0f4673ab8af44ee0371d8 refs/pull/1/head
535067e2c1b261e4ef1f5ae0d1c579fab7822bba refs/pull/2/head
ad0d7c95d9a14cdc5eac36d3b48bfcd76fbe8fd9 refs/pull/3/head
3.3. Updating / Fetching
$ git remote update --prune
Fetching origin
$ git fetch
Fetching origin
3.4. Pull
$ git fetch
$ git merge
Or:
$ git fetch
$ git rebase
3.5. Push
3.5.1. Push to the default
$ git push
3.5.2. Push all branches
$ git push --all
3.5.3. Push to specific remote
$ git push origin
$ git push origin master
3.5.4. Push to other name in the remote
$ git push origin master:other
3.5.5. Delete branch in the remote
$ git push origin :other