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| author |  Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> | 2007-09-06 00:44:08 -0400 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2007-09-05 23:25:09 -0700 |
| commit | 4e560158c6de154fafab9fc3f6028d9edcc53e6b (patch) | |
| tree | d26d602d7538a0547b249eec0bc2e7f40c7596f7 /Documentation | |
| parent | Cleanup unnecessary file modifications in t1400-update-ref (diff) | |
| download | tgif-4e560158c6de154fafab9fc3f6028d9edcc53e6b.tar.xz | |
Include a git-push example for creating a remote branch
Many users get confused when `git push origin master:foo` works
when foo already exists on the remote repository but are confused
when foo doesn't exist as a branch and this form does not create
the branch foo.
This new example highlights the trick of including refs/heads/
in front of the desired branch name to create a branch.
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-push.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 0dd9caf867..7b8e075c42 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ git push origin master:satellite/master:: the ref that matches `satellite/master` (most likely, it would be `refs/remotes/satellite/master`) in `origin` repository with it. +git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental:: + Create the branch `experimental` in the `origin` repository + by copying the current `master` branch. This form is usually + needed to create a new branch in the remote repository as + there is no `experimental` branch to match. + Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, later rewritten in C |