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+++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-http-push - Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
+[verse]
'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>...]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -80,26 +81,17 @@ destination side.
exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched <src>
locally is used as the name of the destination.
-Without '--force', the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if
+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",
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.
-
-Author
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-Written by Nick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com>
-
-Documentation
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-Documentation by Nick Hengeveld
-
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