magit-remote-mode
magit-remote-mode: the configured remotes with their URLs — a adds, r renames, d removes, u sets the URL, p prunes.
Your configured remotes, each with the URL it fetches from. :magit-remote, or M in the repo dispatch transient.
Remotes (2)
origin git@github.com:you/project.git
upstream https://github.com/them/project.git (push: git@github.com:them/project.git)
The name is highlighted, the URL is dimmed, and the headerline carries the count. A push URL is only printed when it differs from the fetch URL — which is the case worth noticing, and printing an identical URL on every row would bury it.
Chords
| Chord | Action |
|---|---|
a | Add a remote — asks for the name, then the URL |
r | Rename the remote at cursor |
d | Remove the remote at cursor |
u | Set the URL of the remote at cursor |
p | Prune — delete local refs whose branch is gone from the remote |
gr | Refresh (re-read the remotes) |
q and navigation come from magit-core-mode.
Every prompt cancels cleanly on <Esc>, and submitting an empty value is also a cancel — a with no URL adds nothing, r with the name unchanged renames nothing.
r and u open pre-filled: the rename prompt starts at the current name and the URL prompt at the current URL, so fixing a typo is an edit rather than a retype.
What is not here
Fetch, pull and push. Those are f, F and P on the dispatch transient, where they have their own flag menus (--force-with-lease, --set-upstream, --all, --prune). This buffer is for managing which remotes exist and where they point.
p (prune) is the one row here that talks to the network, so it echoes pruning <name>… and the list refreshes when it returns. The others are local config edits and complete immediately.
Why d does not ask
Removing a remote drops its config and its remote-tracking refs. That is recoverable — a puts it back in two prompts, and the URL you need is on the row in front of you when you press d. Confirmations are reserved for operations that destroy work you cannot get back (Oh, git reset --hard); asking here would train you to dismiss the prompt that does matter. Emacs magit does not confirm it either.
Setting the push URL
u sets the fetch URL (git remote set-url). A remote configured with a separate push URL keeps it, and the list shows both so you can see the split — but editing the push URL is not yet bound to a chord. Use :terminal and git remote set-url --push for that.
See also
magit-branch-mode— the local branch list, the same buffer shape one level in.magit-transient—f/F/Pand their flags.