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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-02-17 10:15:30 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-02-17 10:15:31 -0800
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Merge branch 'mg/push-repo-option-doc'
The "git push" documentation made the "--repo=<there>" option easily misunderstood. * mg/push-repo-option-doc: git-push.txt: document the behavior of --repo
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@@ -219,22 +219,8 @@ origin +master` to force a push to the `master` branch). See the
`<refspec>...` section above for details.
--repo=<repository>::
- This option is only relevant if no <repository> argument is
- passed in the invocation. In this case, 'git push' derives the
- remote name from the current branch: If it tracks a remote
- branch, then that remote repository is pushed to. Otherwise,
- the name "origin" is used. For this latter case, this option
- can be used to override the name "origin". In other words,
- the difference between these two commands
-+
---------------------------
-git push public #1
-git push --repo=public #2
---------------------------
-+
-is that #1 always pushes to "public" whereas #2 pushes to "public"
-only if the current branch does not track a remote branch. This is
-useful if you write an alias or script around 'git push'.
+ This option is equivalent to the <repository> argument. If both
+ are specified, the command-line argument takes precedence.
-u::
--set-upstream::