Git/remote

Examples

• git remote add <server alias> <URL>
  • adds a remote server
  • Note that although these URLs typically end in ".git" (on GitHub and similar services), they're actually the user-relative path to the folder containing the Git repository. (A valid repository will always contain a .git folder.)
• git remote -v
  • lists aliases of remote servers, with definitions
• git remote show
  • seems to just list remote server aliases (no information)
• git remote show <server alias>
  • displays information about a remote server (some of which comes from querying the server, so this only works if the connection does)

from the Manpage

Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it:

              $ git remote
              origin
              $ git branch -r
                origin/HEAD -> origin/master
                origin/master
              $ git remote add staging git://git.kernel.org/.../gregkh/staging.git
              $ git remote
              origin
              staging
              $ git fetch staging
              ...
              From git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging
               * [new branch]      master     -> staging/master
               * [new branch]      staging-linus -> staging/staging-linus
               * [new branch]      staging-next -> staging/staging-next
              $ git branch -r
                origin/HEAD -> origin/master
                origin/master
                staging/master
                staging/staging-linus
                staging/staging-next
              $ git checkout -b staging staging/master

Reference

• manpage