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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/urls-remotes.txt | 19 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt index 504ae8a53b..41ec7774f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt +++ b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt @@ -68,13 +68,22 @@ This file should have the following format: ------------ `<url>` is required; `#<head>` is optional. -When you do not provide a refspec on the command line, -git will use the following refspec, where `<head>` defaults to `master`, -and `<repository>` is the name of this file -you provided in the command line. + +Depending on the operation, git will use one of the following +refspecs, if you don't provide one on the command line. +`<branch>` is the name of this file in `$GIT_DIR/branches` and +`<head>` defaults to `master`. + +git fetch uses: + +------------ + refs/heads/<head>:refs/heads/<branch> +------------ + +git push uses: ------------ - refs/heads/<head>:<repository> + HEAD:refs/heads/<head> ------------ |