Add a configuration option to control diffstat after merge

[git.git] / Documentation / git-remote.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index a60c31a3150ca8109b1fb16aaf8ff485b57c9932..3dde7134a5cedc6d58a934e1dd61db26d5e459ae 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git-remote'
-'git-remote' add <name> <url>
+'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] <name> <url>
 'git-remote' show <name>
 'git-remote' prune <name>
+'git-remote' update [group]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -31,6 +32,19 @@ subcommands are available to perform operations on the remotes.
 Adds 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>.
++
+With `-f` option, `git fetch <name>` is run immediately after
+the remote information is set up.
++
+With `-t <branch>` option, instead of the default glob
+refspec for the remote to track all branches under
+`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/`, a refspec to track only `<branch>`
+is created.  You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track
+multiple branches without grabbing all branches.
++
+With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set
+up to point at remote's `<master>` branch instead of whatever
+branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at.
 
 'show'::
 
@@ -40,7 +54,17 @@ Gives some information about the remote <name>.
 
 Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
 These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
-referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in "remotes/<name>".
+referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
+"remotes/<name>".
+
+'update'::
+
+Fetch updates for a named set of remotes in the repository as defined by
+remotes.<group>.  If a named group is not specified on the command line,
+the configuration parameter remotes.default will get used; if
+remotes.default is not defined, all remotes which do not the
+configuration parameter remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate set to true will
+be updated.  (See gitlink:git-config[1]).
 
 
 DISCUSSION
@@ -53,8 +77,8 @@ gitlink:git-config[1]).
 Examples
 --------
 
-Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it:
-
+* Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it
++
 ------------
 $ git remote
 origin
@@ -74,6 +98,17 @@ $ git checkout -b nfs linux-nfs/master
 ...
 ------------
 
+* Imitate 'git clone' but track only selected branches
++
+------------
+$ mkdir project.git
+$ cd project.git
+$ git init
+$ git remote add -f -t master -m master origin git://example.com/git.git/
+$ git merge origin
+------------
+
+
 See Also
 --------
 gitlink:git-fetch[1]