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diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial.txt b/Documentation/tutorial.txt index cb808d924..d043e844d 100644 --- a/Documentation/tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/tutorial.txt @@ -323,20 +323,25 @@ $ git pull Note that he doesn't need to give the path to Alice's repository; when Bob cloned Alice's repository, git stored the location of her -repository in the file .git/remotes/origin, and that location is used -as the default for pulls. - -Bob may also notice a branch in his repository that he didn't create: +repository in the repository configuration, and that location is +used for pulls: ------------------------------------- -$ git branch -* master - origin +$ git repo-config --get remote.origin.url +/home/bob/myrepo ------------------------------------- -The "origin" branch, which was created automatically by "git clone", -is a pristine copy of Alice's master branch; Bob should never commit -to it. +(The complete configuration created by git-clone is visible using +"git repo-config -l", and the gitlink:git-repo-config[1] man page +explains the meaning of each option.) + +Git also keeps a pristine copy of Alice's master branch under the +name "origin/master": + +------------------------------------- +$ git branch -r + origin/master +------------------------------------- If Bob later decides to work from a different host, he can still perform clones and pulls using the ssh protocol: |