Working with remotes

Syntax

git remote [-v | --verbose]
git remote add [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--[no-]tags] [--mirror=<fetch|push>] <name> <url>
git remote rename <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>)…]

A remote is a named link representing another git repository. You can download content of remote repositories locally and e.g. merge changes from remotes.

This is useful when you're working on a fork of another repository and want an easy way to merge changes in the original repository.

Adding a new remote repository

Updating from upstream repository

Updating with local changes

Deleting a remote branch

Changing remote URL

List existing remotes

Pull overwrite local

Removing local copies of deleted remote branches

Pull code from remote

Set upstream on a hew branch

Get the URL for a specific remote