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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-06-16 01:22:45 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-06-16 01:22:45 -0700
commit952c8c56380734d45bddf369fe478895672c5a3a (patch)
tree4e3909fdfce84a4189f9e35b79f479d7f05fddb3 /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'gp/branch' (diff)
parentgit-push: Update description of refspecs and add examples (diff)
downloadtgif-952c8c56380734d45bddf369fe478895672c5a3a.tar.xz
Merge branch 'jc/remote'
* jc/remote: git-push: Update description of refspecs and add examples remote.c: "git-push frotz" should update what matches at the source. remote.c: fix "git push" weak match disambiguation remote.c: minor clean-up of match_explicit() remote.c: refactor creation of new dst ref remote.c: refactor match_explicit_refs()
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 366c5dbdce..665f6dc709 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ side are updated.
+
`tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`.
+
-A parameter <ref> without a colon is equivalent to
-<ref>`:`<ref>, hence updates <ref> in the destination from <ref>
-in the source.
+A parameter <ref> without a colon pushes the <ref> from the source
+repository to the destination repository under the same name.
+
Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from
the remote repository.
@@ -98,6 +97,26 @@ the remote repository.
include::urls.txt[]
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+git push origin master::
+ Find a ref that matches `master` in the source repository
+ (most likely, it would find `refs/heads/master`), and update
+ the same ref (e.g. `refs/heads/master`) in `origin` repository
+ with it.
+
+git push origin :experimental::
+ Find a ref that matches `experimental` in the `origin` repository
+ (e.g. `refs/heads/experimental`), and delete it.
+
+git push origin master:satellite/master::
+ Find a ref that matches `master` in the source repository
+ (most likely, it would find `refs/heads/master`), and update
+ the ref that matches `satellite/master` (most likely, it would
+ be `refs/remotes/satellite/master`) in `origin` repository with it.
+
Author
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Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, later rewritten in C