- or pull operation, or the destination of a push operation.
- One of the following notations can be used
- to name the remote repository:
-+
-===============================================================
-- Rsync URL: rsync://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/
-- HTTP(s) URL: http://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/
-- git URL: git://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/
- or remote.machine:/path/to/repo.git/
-- Local directory: /path/to/repo.git/
-===============================================================
-+
-In addition to the above, as a short-hand, the name of a
-file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory can be given; the
-named file should be in the following format:
-+
- URL: one of the above URL format
- Push: <refspec>
- Pull: <refspec>
-+
-When such a short-hand is specified in place of
-<repository> without <refspec> parameters on the command
-line, <refspec> specified on `Push:` lines or `Pull:`
-lines are used for `git-push` and `git-fetch`/`git-pull`,
-respectively. Multiple `Push:` and and `Pull:` lines may
-be specified for additional branch mappings.
-+
-The name of a file in `$GIT_DIR/branches` directory can be
-specified as an older notation short-hand; the named
-file should contain a single line, a URL in one of the
-above formats, optionally followed by a hash `#` and the
-name of remote head (URL fragment notation).
-`$GIT_DIR/branches/<remote>` file that stores a <url>
-without the fragment is equivalent to have this in the
-corresponding file in the `$GIT_DIR/remotes/` directory.
-+
- URL: <url>
- Pull: refs/heads/master:<remote>
-+
-while having `<url>#<head>` is equivalent to
-+
- URL: <url>
- Pull: refs/heads/<head>:<remote>