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diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 0585949137..89e0049bce 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ specified, the same ref that <src> referred to locally). If the optional leading plus `+` is used, the remote ref is updated even if it does not result in a fast forward update. + -Note: If no explicit refspec is found, (that is neither -on the command line nor in any Push line of the -corresponding remotes file---see below), then "matching" heads are -pushed: for every head that exists on the local side, the remote side is -updated if a head of the same name already exists on the remote side. -+ `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`. + A parameter <ref> without a colon pushes the <ref> from the source @@ -59,52 +53,64 @@ repository to the destination repository under the same name. + Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from the remote repository. - -\--all:: ++ +The special refspec `:` (or `+:` to allow non-fast forward updates) +directs git to push "matching" heads: for every head that exists on +the local side, the remote side is updated if a head of the same name +already exists on the remote side. This is the default operation mode +if no explicit refspec is found (that is neither on the command line +nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below). + +--all:: Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/` be pushed. -\--mirror:: +--mirror:: Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/` and `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/` be mirrored to the remote repository. Newly created local refs will be pushed to the remote end, locally updated refs will be force updated on the remote end, and deleted refs - will be removed from the remote end. + will be removed from the remote end. This is the default + if the configuration option `remote.<remote>.mirror` is + set. -\--dry-run:: +--dry-run:: Do everything except actually send the updates. -\--tags:: +--tags:: All refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` are pushed, in addition to refspecs explicitly listed on the command line. -\--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>:: +--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>:: Path to the 'git-receive-pack' program on the remote end. Sometimes useful when pushing to a remote repository over ssh, and you do not have the program in a directory on the default $PATH. -\--exec=<git-receive-pack>:: +--exec=<git-receive-pack>:: Same as \--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>. --f, \--force:: +-f:: +--force:: Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that is not an ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it. This flag disables the check. This can cause the remote repository to lose commits; use it with care. -\--repo=<repo>:: +--repo=<repo>:: When no repository is specified the command defaults to "origin"; this overrides it. -\--thin, \--no-thin:: +--thin:: +--no-thin:: These options are passed to `git-send-pack`. Thin transfer spends extra cycles to minimize the number of objects to be sent and meant to be used on slower connection. --v, \--verbose:: +-v:: +--verbose:: Run verbosely. include::urls-remotes.txt[] @@ -197,4 +203,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. GIT --- -Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |