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include::urls.txt[]
 
REMOTES[[REMOTES]]
------------------
 
The name of one of the following can be used instead
of a URL as `<repository>` argument:
 
* a remote in the git configuration file: `$GIT_DIR/config`,
* a file in the `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory, or
* a file in the `$GIT_DIR/branches` directory.
 
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
You can choose to provide the name of a remote which you had previously
configured using linkgit:git-remote[1], linkgit:git-config[1]
or even by a manual edit to the `$GIT_DIR/config` file.  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>
		push = <refspec>
		fetch = <refspec>
------------
 
 
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>
 
------------
 
`Push:` lines are used by 'git-push' and
`Pull:` lines are used by 'git-pull' and 'git-fetch'.
Multiple `Push:` and `Pull:` lines may
be specified for additional branch mappings.
 
Named file in `$GIT_DIR/branches`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
You can choose to provide the name of a
file in `$GIT_DIR/branches`.
The URL in this file will be used to access the repository.
This file should have the following format:
 
 
------------
	<url>#<head>
------------
 
`<url>` is required; `#<head>` is optional.
 
Depending on the operation, git will use one of the following
refspecs, if you don't provide one on the command line.
`<branch>` is the name of this file in `$GIT_DIR/branches` and
`<head>` defaults to `master`.
 
git fetch uses:
 
------------
	refs/heads/<head>:refs/heads/<branch>
------------
 
git push uses:
 
------------
	HEAD:refs/heads/<head>
------------