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<p>Remote helper programs are invoked with one or (optionally) two
arguments. The first argument specifies a remote repository as in Git;
it is either the name of a configured remote or a URL. The second
argument specifies a URL; it is usually of the form
<em>&lt;transport&gt;://&lt;address&gt;</em>, but any arbitrary string is possible.
The <code>GIT_DIR</code> environment variable is set up for the remote helper
and can be used to determine where to store additional data or from
which directory to