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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-07-08 18:55:50 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-07-08 18:55:50 -0700
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parentFix "read-tree -m A B" priming the cache-tree (diff)
parentGit 1.7.2-rc2 (diff)
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Merge remote branch 'ko/master' into jc/read-tree-cache-tree-fix
* ko/master: (2325 commits) Git 1.7.2-rc2 backmerge a few more fixes to 1.7.1.X series fix git branch -m in presence of cross devices t/t0006: specify timezone as EST5 not EST to comply with POSIX add missing && to submodule-merge testcase t/README: document more test helpers test-date: fix sscanf type conversion xdiff: optimise for no whitespace difference when ignoring whitespace. gitweb: Move evaluate_gitweb_config out of run_request parse_date: fix signedness in timezone calculation t0006: test timezone parsing rerere.txt: Document forget subcommand t/README: proposed rewording... t/README: Document the do's and don'ts of tests t/README: Add a section about skipping tests t/README: Document test_expect_code t/README: Document test_external* t/README: Document the prereq functions, and 3-arg test_* t/README: Typo: paralell -> parallel t/README: The trash is in 't/trash directory.$name' ... Conflicts: builtin-read-tree.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
index 399821832c..deaa7d9654 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Usually you would want to use 'git-push', which is a
+Usually you would want to use 'git push', which is a
higher-level wrapper of this command, instead. See linkgit:git-push[1].
Invokes 'git-receive-pack' on a possibly remote repository, and
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ OPTIONS
Run verbosely.
--thin::
- Spend extra cycles to minimize the number of objects to be sent.
- Use it on slower connection.
+ Send a "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based
+ on objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic.
<host>::
A remote host to house the repository. When this
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ 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. The rules used to match a ref are the same
-rules used by 'git-rev-parse' to resolve a symbolic ref
+rules used by 'git rev-parse' to resolve a symbolic ref
name. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
- It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ name. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
Without '--force', the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if
<dst> does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an
-ancestor) of <src>. This check, known as "fast forward check",
+ancestor) of <src>. This check, known as "fast-forward check",
is performed in order to avoid accidentally overwriting the
remote ref and lose other peoples' commits from there.
-With '--force', the fast forward check is disabled for all refs.
+With '--force', the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs.
Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign
to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.