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| author | Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> | 2009-10-24 11:31:32 +0300 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-10-24 23:50:28 -0700 |
| commit | a75d7b54097ef0d0945cbe673a9940d6c561f95c (patch) | |
| tree | 40d03cbf093fd503448d31d3a71319be3f1d4fac /Documentation/git-push.txt | |
| parent | 78d553b7d7b269bb22ebd8b1198657c37484a3a0 (diff) | |
| download | git-a75d7b54097ef0d0945cbe673a9940d6c561f95c.tar.gz | |
Use 'fast-forward' all over the place
It's a compound word.
Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-push.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-push.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index ba6a8a2fb2..1a9d886bb3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ 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 `{plus}`, 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 +fast-forward. This does *not* attempt to merge <src> into <dst>. See EXAMPLES below for details. + `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`. @@ -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 `{plus}:` 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 @@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ 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 + `<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 + 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 @@ -342,9 +342,9 @@ git push origin :experimental:: git push origin {plus}dev:master:: Update the origin repository's master branch with the dev branch, - allowing non-fast forward updates. *This can leave unreferenced + allowing non-fast-forward updates. *This can leave unreferenced commits dangling in the origin repository.* Consider the - following situation, where a fast forward is not possible: + following situation, where a fast-forward is not possible: + ---- o---o---o---A---B origin/master |