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@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ every time you push into it, by setting up 'hooks' there. See
documentation for linkgit:git-receive-pack[1].
-OPTIONS
--------
+OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]]
+------------------
<repository>::
The "remote" repository that is destination of a push
operation. This parameter can be either a URL
@@ -187,6 +187,28 @@ reason::
Examples
--------
+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::
+ Without additional configuration, works like
+ `git push origin :`.
++
+The default behavior of this command when no <refspec> is given can be
+configured by setting the `push` option of the remote.
++
+For example, to default to pushing only the current branch to `origin`
+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 :::
+ Push "matching" branches to `origin`. See
+ <refspec> in the <<OPTIONS,OPTIONS>> section above for a
+ description of "matching" branches.
+
git push origin master::
Find a ref that matches `master` in the source repository
(most likely, it would find `refs/heads/master`), and update