Rsync URL
rsync://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/
git-fetch-script - Download objects and a head from another repository.
git-fetch-script <repository> <refspec>…
Fetches named heads or tags from another repository, along with the objects necessary to complete them.
The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD. This information is left for a later merge operation done by "git resolve" or "git octopus".
The "remote" repository to pull from. One of the following notations can be used to name the repository to pull from:
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/
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/pull",
respectively.
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>
The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is +?<src>:<dst>; that is, an optional plus +, followed by the source ref, followed by a colon :, followed by the destination ref.
When used in "git push", the <src> side can be an
arbitrary "SHA1 expression" that can be used as an
argument to "git-cat-file -t". E.g. "master~4" (push
four parents before the current master head).
For "git push", the local ref that matches <src> is used
to fast forward the remote ref that matches <dst>. If
the optional plus '+' is used, the remote ref is updated
even if it does not result in a fast forward update.
For "git fetch/pull", the remote ref that matches <src>
is fetched, and if <dst> is not empty string, the local
ref that matches it is fast forwarded using <src>.
Again, if the optional plus '+' is used, the local ref
is updated even if it does not result in a fast forward
update.
Some short-cut notations are also supported.
For backward compatibility, "tag" is almost ignored; it just makes the following parameter <tag> to mean a refspec "refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>".
A parameter <ref> without a colon is equivalent to <ref>: when pulling/fetching, and <ref>:<ref> when pushing. That is, do not store it locally if fetching, and update the same name if pushing.
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
Part of the git suite