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diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 7a4e507c4b..cb97cc1c3b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git push' [--all | --mirror | --tags] [-n | --dry-run] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] - [--repo=<repository>] [-f | --force] [-v | --verbose] [-u | --set-upstream] + [--repo=<repository>] [-f | --force] [--prune] [-v | --verbose] [-u | --set-upstream] [<repository> [<refspec>...]] DESCRIPTION @@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]] <refspec>...:: The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus - `{plus}`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed + `+`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>. It is used to specify with what <src> object the <dst> ref in the remote repository is to be updated. + The <src> is often the name of the branch you would want to push, but it can be any arbitrary "SHA-1 expression", such as `master~4` or -`HEAD` (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]). +`HEAD` (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]). + The <dst> tells which ref on the remote side is updated with this push. Arbitrary expressions cannot be used here, an actual ref must @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ updated. + The object referenced by <src> is used to update the <dst> reference on the remote side, but by default this is only allowed if the -update can fast-forward <dst>. By having the optional leading `{plus}`, +update can fast-forward <dst>. By having the optional leading `+`, you can tell git to update the <dst> ref even when the update is not a fast-forward. This does *not* attempt to merge <src> into <dst>. See EXAMPLES below for details. @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ EXAMPLES below for details. Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from the remote repository. + -The special refspec `:` (or `{plus}:` to allow non-fast-forward updates) +The special refspec `:` (or `+:` to allow non-fast-forward updates) directs git to push "matching" branches: for every branch that exists on the local side, the remote side is updated if a branch of the same name already exists on the remote side. This is the default operation mode @@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below). Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all refs under `refs/heads/` be pushed. +--prune:: + Remove remote branches that don't have a local counterpart. For example + a remote branch `tmp` will be removed if a local branch with the same + name doesn't exist any more. This also respects refspecs, e.g. + `git push --prune remote refs/heads/*:refs/tmp/*` would + make sure that remote `refs/tmp/foo` will be removed if `refs/heads/foo` + doesn't exist. + --mirror:: Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all refs under `refs/` (which includes but is not @@ -146,14 +154,33 @@ useful if you write an alias or script around 'git push'. receiver share many of the same objects in common. The default is \--thin. +-q:: +--quiet:: + Suppress all output, including the listing of updated refs, + unless an error occurs. Progress is not reported to the standard + error stream. + -v:: --verbose:: Run verbosely. --q:: ---quiet:: - Suppress all output, including the listing of updated refs, - unless an error occurs. +--progress:: + Progress status is reported on the standard error stream + by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q + is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the + standard error stream is not directed to a terminal. + +--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand:: + Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be + pushed are available on a remote tracking branch. If 'check' is + used git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in + the revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote + of the submodule. If any commits are missing the push will be + aborted and exit with non-zero status. If 'on-demand' is used + all submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will + be pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary + revisions it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. + include::urls-remotes.txt[] @@ -183,7 +210,7 @@ option is used. flag:: A single character indicating the status of the ref: (space);; for a successfully pushed fast-forward; -`{plus}`;; for a successful forced update; +`+`;; for a successful forced update; `-`;; for a successfully deleted ref; `*`;; for a successfully pushed new ref; `!`;; for a ref that was rejected or failed to push; and @@ -193,16 +220,29 @@ summary:: For a successfully pushed ref, the summary shows the old and new values of the ref in a form suitable for using as an argument to `git log` (this is `<old>..<new>` in most cases, and - `<old>...<new>` for forced non-fast-forward updates). For a - failed update, more details are given for the failure. - The string `rejected` indicates that git did not try to send the - ref at all (typically because it is not a fast-forward). The - string `remote rejected` indicates that the remote end refused - the update; this rejection is typically caused by a hook on the - remote side. The string `remote failure` indicates that the - remote end did not report the successful update of the ref - (perhaps because of a temporary error on the remote side, a - break in the network connection, or other transient error). + `<old>...<new>` for forced non-fast-forward updates). ++ +For a failed update, more details are given: ++ +-- +rejected:: + Git did not try to send the ref at all, typically because it + is not a fast-forward and you did not force the update. + +remote rejected:: + The remote end refused the update. Usually caused by a hook + on the remote side, or because the remote repository has one + of the following safety options in effect: + `receive.denyCurrentBranch` (for pushes to the checked out + branch), `receive.denyNonFastForwards` (for forced + non-fast-forward updates), `receive.denyDeletes` or + `receive.denyDeleteCurrent`. See linkgit:git-config[1]. + +remote failure:: + The remote end did not report the successful update of the ref, + perhaps because of a temporary error on the remote side, a + break in the network connection, or other transient error. +-- from:: The name of the local ref being pushed, minus its @@ -307,12 +347,12 @@ a case where you do mean to lose history. Examples -------- -git push:: +`git push`:: Works like `git push <remote>`, where <remote> is the current branch's remote (or `origin`, if no remote is configured for the current branch). -git push origin:: +`git push origin`:: Without additional configuration, works like `git push origin :`. + @@ -324,45 +364,45 @@ use `git config remote.origin.push HEAD`. Any valid <refspec> (like the ones in the examples below) can be configured as the default for `git push origin`. -git push origin ::: +`git push origin :`:: Push "matching" branches to `origin`. See <refspec> in the <<OPTIONS,OPTIONS>> section above for a description of "matching" branches. -git push origin master:: +`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. If `master` did not exist remotely, it would be created. -git push origin HEAD:: +`git push origin HEAD`:: A handy way to push the current branch to the same name on the remote. -git push origin master:satellite/master dev:satellite/dev:: +`git push origin master:satellite/master dev:satellite/dev`:: Use the source ref that matches `master` (e.g. `refs/heads/master`) to update the ref that matches `satellite/master` (most probably `refs/remotes/satellite/master`) in the `origin` repository, then do the same for `dev` and `satellite/dev`. -git push origin HEAD:master:: +`git push origin HEAD:master`:: Push the current branch to the remote ref matching `master` in the `origin` repository. This form is convenient to push the current branch without thinking about its local name. -git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental:: +`git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental`:: Create the branch `experimental` in the `origin` repository by copying the current `master` branch. This form is only needed to create a new branch or tag in the remote repository when the local name and the remote name are different; otherwise, the ref name on its own will work. -git push origin :experimental:: +`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 {plus}dev:master:: +`git push origin +dev:master`:: Update the origin repository's master branch with the dev branch, allowing non-fast-forward updates. *This can leave unreferenced commits dangling in the origin repository.* Consider the @@ -386,16 +426,6 @@ Commits A and B would no longer belong to a branch with a symbolic name, and so would be unreachable. As such, these commits would be removed by a `git gc` command on the origin repository. - -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, later rewritten in C -by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |