git-ls-remote(1)
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NAME
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git-ls-remote - List references in a remote repository


SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'git ls-remote' [--heads] [--tags]  [-u <exec> | --upload-pack <exec>]
	      [--exit-code] <repository> [<refs>...]

DESCRIPTION
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Displays references available in a remote repository along with the associated
commit IDs.


OPTIONS
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-h::
--heads::
-t::
--tags::
	Limit to only refs/heads and refs/tags, respectively.
	These options are _not_ mutually exclusive; when given
	both, references stored in refs/heads and refs/tags are
	displayed.

-u <exec>::
--upload-pack=<exec>::
	Specify the full path of 'git-upload-pack' on the remote
	host. This allows listing references from repositories accessed via
	SSH and where the SSH daemon does not use the PATH configured by the
	user.

--exit-code::
	Exit with status "2" when no matching refs are found in the remote
	repository. Usually the command exits with status "0" to indicate
	it successfully talked with the remote repository, whether it
	found any matching refs.

--get-url::
	Expand the URL of the given remote repository taking into account any
	"url.<base>.insteadOf" config setting (See linkgit:git-config[1]) and
	exit without talking to the remote.

<repository>::
	Location of the repository.  The shorthand defined in
	$GIT_DIR/branches/ can be used. Use "." (dot) to list references in
	the local repository.

<refs>...::
	When unspecified, all references, after filtering done
	with --heads and --tags, are shown.  When <refs>... are
	specified, only references matching the given patterns
	are displayed.

EXAMPLES
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	$ git ls-remote --tags ./.
	d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a	refs/tags/v0.99
	f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41	refs/tags/v0.99.1
	7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e	refs/tags/v0.99.3
	c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441	refs/tags/v0.99.2
	0918385dbd9656cab0d1d81ba7453d49bbc16250	refs/tags/junio-gpg-pub
	$ git ls-remote http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master pu rc
	5fe978a5381f1fbad26a80e682ddd2a401966740	refs/heads/master
	c781a84b5204fb294c9ccc79f8b3baceeb32c061	refs/heads/pu
	b1d096f2926c4e37c9c0b6a7bf2119bedaa277cb	refs/heads/rc
	$ echo http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git >.git/branches/public
	$ git ls-remote --tags public v\*
	d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a	refs/tags/v0.99
	f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41	refs/tags/v0.99.1
	c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441	refs/tags/v0.99.2
	7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e	refs/tags/v0.99.3

GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
