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.