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GIT-REMOTE-EXT(1)                            Git Manual                            GIT-REMOTE-EXT(1)



NAME
       git-remote-ext - Bridge smart transport to external command.

SYNOPSIS
       git remote add <nick> "ext::<command>[ <arguments>...]"


DESCRIPTION
       This remote helper uses the specified <command> to connect to a remote Git server.

       Data written to stdin of the specified <command> is assumed to be sent to a git:// server,
       git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack or git-upload-archive (depending on situation), and data
       read from stdout of <command> is assumed to be received from the same service.

       Command and arguments are separated by an unescaped space.

       The following sequences have a special meaning:

       '% '
           Literal space in command or argument.

       %%
           Literal percent sign.

       %s
           Replaced with name (receive-pack, upload-pack, or upload-archive) of the service Git
           wants to invoke.

       %S
           Replaced with long name (git-receive-pack, git-upload-pack, or git-upload-archive) of the
           service Git wants to invoke.

       %G (must be the first characters in an argument)
           This argument will not be passed to <command>. Instead, it will cause the helper to start
           by sending git:// service requests to the remote side with the service field set to an
           appropriate value and the repository field set to rest of the argument. Default is not to
           send such a request.

           This is useful if remote side is git:// server accessed over some tunnel.

       %V (must be first characters in argument)
           This argument will not be passed to <command>. Instead it sets the vhost field in the
           git:// service request (to rest of the argument). Default is not to send vhost in such
           request (if sent).

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       GIT_TRANSLOOP_DEBUG
           If set, prints debugging information about various reads/writes.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES PASSED TO COMMAND
       GIT_EXT_SERVICE
           Set to long name (git-upload-pack, etc...) of service helper needs to invoke.

       GIT_EXT_SERVICE_NOPREFIX
           Set to long name (upload-pack, etc...) of service helper needs to invoke.

EXAMPLES
       This remote helper is transparently used by Git when you use commands such as "git fetch
       <URL>", "git clone <URL>", , "git push <URL>" or "git remote add <nick> <URL>", where <URL>
       begins with ext::. Examples:

       "ext::ssh -i /home/foo/.ssh/somekey user AT host.example %S foo/repo"
           Like host.example:foo/repo, but use /home/foo/.ssh/somekey as keypair and user as user on
           remote side. This avoids needing to edit .ssh/config.

       "ext::socat -t3600 - ABSTRACT-CONNECT:/git-server %G/somerepo"
           Represents repository with path /somerepo accessible over git protocol at abstract
           namespace address /git-server.

       "ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo"
           Represents a repository with path /repo accessed using the helper program
           "git-server-alias foo". The path to the repository and type of request are not passed on
           the command line but as part of the protocol stream, as usual with git:// protocol.

       "ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo %Vfoo"
           Represents a repository with path /repo accessed using the helper program
           "git-server-alias foo". The hostname for the remote server passed in the protocol stream
           will be "foo" (this allows multiple virtual Git servers to share a link-level address).

       "ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo% with% spaces %Vfoo"
           Represents a repository with path /repo with spaces accessed using the helper program
           "git-server-alias foo". The hostname for the remote server passed in the protocol stream
           will be "foo" (this allows multiple virtual Git servers to share a link-level address).

       "ext::git-ssl foo.example /bar"
           Represents a repository accessed using the helper program "git-ssl foo.example /bar". The
           type of request can be determined by the helper using environment variables (see above).

SEE ALSO
       gitremote-helpers(7)

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite



Git 2.34.1                                   02/26/2026                            GIT-REMOTE-EXT(1)