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-===== Overview =====
-Discussion and demonstration of remote tracking branches and adding remotes.
-===== ADD =====
-<code>
-$ git ls-remote [<remote>]
-$ git remote show <remote>
-$ git remote prune
-</code>
-<code>
-$ git fetch --all; git branch -vv
-$ gut push origin thisbranch:thatbranch
-$ git push origin --delete <branchname>
-</code>
-<code>
-$ git checkout --track origin/serverfix
-</code>
-===== Example with the Linux kernel =====
-To start, consider the status of the //local tracking branch// ''master'':
-<code>
-$ git status
-On branch master
-Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
-nothing to commit, working tree clean
-$
-</code>
-If we want to fetch new content but not merge it with our local tracking branch, we can just fetch the new content to the //remote tracking branch// ''origin/master'':
-<code>
-$ git fetch
-remote: Counting objects: 85, done.
-remote: Total 85 (delta 70), reused 70 (delta 70), pack-reused 15
-Unpacking objects: 100% (85/85), done.
-From https://github.com/torvalds/linux
-b2cbe55b..61f14c015f5b  master     -> origin/master
-$
-</code>
-Note what ''git status'' tells us now:
-<code>
-$ git status
-On branch master
-Your branch is behind 'origin/master' by 13 commits, and can be fast-forwarded.
-  (use "git pull" to update your local branch)
-nothing to commit, working tree clean
-$
-</code>
-You can check out a remote tracking branch, but you shouldn't try to make any changes to it %%--%% that's not what it's for:
-<code>
-$ git checkout origin/master
-Note: checking out 'origin/master'.
-You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental
-changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this
-state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.
-If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may
-do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:
-  git checkout -b <new-branch-name>
-HEAD is now at 61f14c015f5b... Merge tag 'mips_4.16_2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jhogan/mips
-$
-</code>
-===== Adding the "linux-next" remote =====
-Based on the web page [[https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-next.html|here]], first verify that there is only one remote:
-<code>
-$ git remote
-origin
-$ git remote -v
-origin	https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git (fetch)
-origin	https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git (push)
-$
-</code>
-Add the remote with whatever meaningful name works for you:
-<code>
-$ git remote add ln \
-> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
-$
-</code>
-Verify you have a second remote:
-<code>
-$ git remote -v
-ln	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git (fetch)
-ln	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git (push)
-origin	https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git (fetch)
-origin	https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git (push)
-$
-</code>
-Now fetch the new content from the new remote:
-<code>
-$ git fetch [--tags] ln
-remote: Counting objects: 109900, done.
-remote: Compressing objects: 100% (19971/19971), done.
-remote: Total 109900 (delta 95864), reused 103738 (delta 89778)
-Receiving objects: 100% (109900/109900), 17.48 MiB | 1.14 MiB/s, done.
-Resolving deltas: 100% (95864/95864), completed with 4062 local objects.
-From https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next
- * [new branch]                akpm          -> ln/akpm
- * [new branch]                akpm-base     -> ln/akpm-base
- * [new branch]                master        -> ln/master
- * [new branch]                stable        -> ln/stable
- * [new tag]                   next-20171115 -> next-20171115
- * [new tag]                   next-20171116 -> next-20171116
- * [new tag]                   next-20171117 -> next-20171117
- * [new tag]                   next-20171120 -> next-20171120
- * [new tag]                   next-20171121 -> next-20171121
-  ... big snip ...
-$
-</code>
-List all remote branches in the object store:
-<code>
-$ git branch -r
-  ln/akpm
-  ln/akpm-base
-  ln/master
-  ln/stable
-  origin/HEAD -> origin/master
-  origin/master
-$
-</code>
-Start tracking:
-<code>
-$ git checkout -b lnmaster --track ln/master
-</code>