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| author | Anders Melchiorsen <mail@cup.kalibalik.dk> | 2009-01-26 00:45:33 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-01-25 22:26:43 -0800 |
| commit | 803918462e58005d18c0ab63686dbd9e91330dfe (patch) | |
| tree | 89458e2019b1b13518b762da8d1ad7df4ffc0d2b /Documentation/git-push.txt | |
| parent | 17507832ca9a5e54e2b65a5e1ad2d17255f1b925 (diff) | |
| download | git-803918462e58005d18c0ab63686dbd9e91330dfe.tar.gz | |
Documentation: rework src/dst description in git push
This tries to make the description of ref matching in git push easier
to read. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, though.
Signed-off-by: Anders Melchiorsen <mail@cup.kalibalik.dk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-push.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-push.txt | 23 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 60de47d439..7d1eced7d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -39,20 +39,21 @@ OPTIONS It is used to specify with what <src> object the <dst> ref in the remote repository is to be updated. + -The <src> side represents the source branch (or arbitrary -"SHA1 expression", such as `master~4` (four parents before the -tip of `master` branch); see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]) that you -want to push. The <dst> side represents the destination location. +The <src> is often the name of the branch you would want to push, but +it can be any arbitrary "SHA-1 expression", such as `master~4` or +`HEAD` (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]). + -The local ref that matches <src> is used -to fast forward the remote ref that matches <dst>. If -the optional leading plus `+` is used, the remote ref is updated -even if it does not result in a fast forward update. +The <dst> tells which ref on the remote side is updated with this +push. Arbitrary expressions cannot be used here, an actual ref must +be named. If `:`<dst> is omitted, the same ref as <src> will be +updated. + -`tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`. +The object referenced by <src> is used to fast forward the ref <dst> +on the remote side. If the optional leading plus `{plus}` is used, the +remote ref is updated even if it does not result in a fast forward +update. + -A lonely <src> parameter (without a colon and a destination) pushes -the <src> to the same name in the destination repository. +`tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`. + Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from the remote repository. |