Git Fetch from Remote Repository Wizard: Remote Repository
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You use the Fetch from Remote Repository wizard to get the changes from the original remote repository that you do not have yet.
To open the Fetch from Remote Repository wizard, choose Team > Git > Remote > Fetch.
At the Repository page, you have to choose either:
- Select Configured Git Repository Location. Select an earlier accessed Git root location used in the IDE from the drop-down list.
- Specify Git Repository Location. Set
the path to a remote Git repository that has not been accessed yet.
- Remote Name. Specify the name of a remote Git repository.
- Repository URL. Select a Git root protocol and location from
the drop-down list. The drop-down list contains a list of
protocols supported by the IDE.
- Username. Enter your user name for access to the repository. (Required for http, https, ssh, and sftp protocols.)
- Password. Select to specify the password to access the repository. (Required for http, https, ssh, and sftp protocols.)
- Password. Enter your password for access to the repository.
- Save Password. Select the option if you want the IDE to remember your password.
- Private/Public Key. Select to specify the identity file and passphrase. (Required for the ssh protocol.)
- Private Key File. Enter the path to your identity file or click the Browse button to the right to browse for the file.
- Passphrase. Enter the passphrase for access to the repository.
- Save Passphrase. Select the option if you want the IDE to remember your passphrase.
- You must specify either Username and Password or Username, Private Key File, and Passphrase to access a repository via ssh protocol.
- Proxy Configuration. Click the Proxy configuration button to specify details of your proxy configuration to connect to the Git repository.
The IDE supports the following Git protocol types:
Protocol | Access Method | Example |
file | Direct repository access (on local
disk) |
file:///path_to_repository or path_to_repository |
http | Access via HTTP protocol | http://hostname/path_to_repository |
https | Access via HTTP protocol with SSL
encryption | https://hostname/path_to_repository |
ssh |
Access via SSH protocol | ssh://hostname/path_to_repository or [user@]hostname:/path_to_repository |
sftp |
Access via SFTP protocol | sftp://hostname/path_to_repository |
git |
Access via GIT protocol | git://hostname/path_to_repository |
- See Also
- About Git Support
- Git Tasks: Quick Reference
- Git: Working with Remote Repositories
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