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diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt index 9d86c2679a..1b66f57b44 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-remote-helpers - Helper programs to interact with remote repositories SYNOPSIS -------- -'git remote-<transport>' <remote> +'git remote-<transport>' <repository> [<URL>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -39,6 +39,35 @@ transport protocols, such as 'git-remote-http', 'git-remote-https', 'git-remote-ftp' and 'git-remote-ftps'. They implement the capabilities 'fetch', 'option', and 'push'. +INVOCATION +---------- + +Remote helper programs are invoked with one or (optionally) two +arguments. The first argument specifies a remote repository as in git; +it is either the name of a configured remote or a URL. The second +argument specifies a URL of the form '<transport>://<address>' or +'<transport>::<address>', where '<address>' may be an arbitrary +string. + +When git encounters a URL of the form '<transport>://<address>', where +'<transport>' is a protocol that it cannot handle natively, it +automatically invokes 'git remote-<transport>' with the full URL as +the second argument. If such a URL is encountered directly on the +command line, the first argument is the same as the second, and if it +is encountered in a configured remote, the first argument is the name +of that remote. + +A URL of the form '<transport>::<address>' explicitly instructs git to +invoke 'git remote-<transport>' with '<address>' as the second +argument. If such a URL is encountered directly on the command line, +the first argument is '<address>', and if it is encountered in a +configured remote, the first argument is the name of that remote. + +Additionally, when a configured remote has 'remote.<name>.vcs' set to +'<transport>', git explicitly invokes 'git remote-<transport>' with +'<name>' as the first argument. If set, the second argument is +'remote.<name>.url'; otherwise, the second argument is omitted. + COMMANDS -------- @@ -212,6 +241,10 @@ OPTIONS helper MUST NOT rely on this option being set before connect request occurs. +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-remote[1] + Documentation ------------- Documentation by Daniel Barkalow and Ilari Liusvaara |