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Cleanup subcommand documentation for git-remote.

Jakub Narebski pointed out the positional notation in git-remote's
documentation was very confusing, especially now that we have 3
supported subcommands.  Instead of referring to subcommands by
position, refer to them by name.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Shawn O. Pearce 18 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -19,18 +19,33 @@ DESCRIPTION @@ -19,18 +19,33 @@ DESCRIPTION

Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you track.

With no arguments, shows a list of existing remotes.

In the second form, adds a remote named <name> for the repository at
COMMANDS
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With no arguments, shows a list of existing remotes. Several
subcommands are available to perform operations on the remotes.

'add'::

Adds a remote named <name> for the repository at
<url>. The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and
update remote-tracking branches <name>/<branch>.

In the third form, gives some information about the remote <name>.
'show'::

In the fourth form, deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
Gives some information about the remote <name>.

'prune'::

Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in "remotes/<name>".


DISCUSSION
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The remote configuration is achieved using the `remote.origin.url` and
`remote.origin.fetch` configuration variables. (See
gitlink:git-config[1]).

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