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author | Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr> | 2021-11-06 19:48:56 +0100 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-11-09 09:39:11 -0800 |
commit | 6ae7e8835359edc2e740572dabc3f1efd9b179cd (patch) | |
tree | a89e6a3713e01f58bc25a9ed5da7d86d6ad0925a /Documentation/git-http-push.txt | |
parent | doc: uniformize <URL> placeholders' case (diff) | |
download | tgif-6ae7e8835359edc2e740572dabc3f1efd9b179cd.tar.xz |
doc: git-http-push: describe the refs as pattern pairs
Each member of the pair is explained but they are not defined
beforehand.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-http-push.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-http-push.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt index 78f2bb7552..7c6a6dd7f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt @@ -63,16 +63,15 @@ of such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name cannot have a colon in it). A single pattern '<name>' is just a shorthand for '<name>:<name>'. -Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon) -and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be -pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source -side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the -destination side. +Each pattern pair '<src>:<dst>' consists of the source side (before +the colon) and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be +pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source side, +and where it is pushed is determined by using the destination side. - - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the + - It is an error if '<src>' does not match exactly one of the local refs. - - If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either + - If '<dst>' does not match any remote ref, either * it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the destination literally in this case. |