what is a remote in git code example

Example 1: git check upstream url

git remote show origin

Example 2: show remote git

# If you require full output and you are on a network that can reach the remote repo where the origin resides 
git remote show origin

Example 3: git set remote

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git

Example 4: show remote git

# when you are not connected to the network, you can use this
git config --get remote.origin.url

Example 5: add remote branch git

git remote add github git://github.com/jdoe/coolapp.git
git fetch github