Special Git commands

On a Git client, you can run special commands that extend Git command functionality. Each special command begins with git clone. Special commands work with SSH or HTTPS authentication, and here we show SSH:

  • git clone git@ConnectorHost:@help: Shows Git Connector special command help.
  • git clone git@ConnectorHost:@info: Shows Git Connector version information.
  • git clone git@ConnectorHost:@list: Lists repositories available to you, based on permissions.
  • git clone git@ConnectorHost:@defaultbranch:graphDepot/repo: Shows the default branch set for the repo.
  • git clone git@ConnectorHost:@defaultbranch:graphDepot/repo=: Clears the default branch set for the repo.
  • git clone git@ConnectorHost:@defaultbranch:graphDepot/repo=branch: Sets the default branch.

For example,

$ git clone git@ConnectorHost:@info

Results in the following output:

git clone git@connector.com:@info
Cloning into '@info'...
Perforce - The Fast Software Configuration Management System.
Copyright 1995-2016 Perforce Software.  All rights reserved.
This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/)
See 'p4 help legal' for full OpenSSL license information
Version of OpenSSL Libraries: OpenSSL 1.0.2j  26 Sep 2016
Rev. GCONN/LINUX26X86_64/2016.2.MAIN-TEST_ONLY/1460278 (2016/11/03).
uname: Linux gconn-centos6 2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Oct 15 04:27:16 UTC 2014 x86_64
P4 Info:
    caseHandling: sensitive
    clientAddress: xx.x.xx.xxx
    clientCase: sensitive
    clientCwd: /home/git
    clientHost: gconn-centos6
    clientName: unknown
    password: enabled
    peerAddress: xx.x.xx.xxx:47041
    serverAddress: xx.x.xx.xxx:16200
    serverDate: 2016/11/07 14:13:41 -0800 PST
    serverLicense: none
    serverRoot: /opt/perforce/servers/16200
    serverServices: standard
    serverUptime: 76:01:42
    serverVersion: P4D/LINUX26X86_64/2017.1.MAIN-TEST_ONLY/1460278 (2016/11/03)
    tzoffset: -28800
    userName: gconn-user
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Note

Because the special command is not standard Git syntax, Git cannot parse it, so the command terminates with:

Fatal: Could not read from remote repository.