git "ping": check if remote repository exists
I'd like to know whether a remote repository exists. Here's what I came up with:
git ls-remote -h "$REPO_URL" &> /dev/null
Is there any better way?
Solution 1:
I think the git ls-remote command is pretty much made for that purpose.
Solution 2:
If you use --exit-code argument you can skip sending output to null. It will return something only in case of error.
Also, you can use -h argument to show only heads references.
git ls-remote --exit-code -h "$REPO_URL"
Solution 3:
You can narrow output by using something like git ls-remote "$REPO_URL" HEAD