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authorJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>2006-02-05 17:43:47 -0500
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-02-06 21:14:55 -0800
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parent4462731e0597c31c68466601a5d74b2edb145d6d (diff)
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Docs: split up pull-fetch-param.txt
The push and pull man pages include a bunch of shared text from pull-fetch-param.txt. This simplifies maintenance somewhat, but there's actually quite a bit of text that applies only to one or the other. So, separate out the push- and pull/fetch-specific text into pull-fetch-param.txt and git-push.txt, then include the largest chunk of common stuff (the description of protocols and url's) from urls.txt. That cuts some irrelevant stuff from the man pages without making us duplicate too much. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-push.txt27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt86
-rw-r--r--Documentation/urls.txt62
3 files changed, 94 insertions, 81 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index a0ef61dafa..7e9452efe1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,32 @@ documentation for gitlink:git-receive-pack[1].
OPTIONS
-------
-include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
+<repository>::
+ The "remote" repository that is destination of a push operation.
+include::urls.txt[]
+
+<refspec>::
+ The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is
+ `+?<src>:<dst>`; that is, an optional plus `+`, followed
+ by the source ref, followed by a colon `:`, followed by
+ the destination ref.
++
+The <src> side can be an
+arbitrary "SHA1 expression" that can be used as an
+argument to `git-cat-file -t`. E.g. `master~4` (push
+four parents before the current master head).
++
+The local ref that matches <src> is used
+to fast forward the remote ref that matches <dst>. If
+the optional plus `+` is used, the remote ref is updated
+even if it does not result in a fast forward update.
++
+Some short-cut notations are also supported.
++
+* `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`.
+* A parameter <ref> without a colon is equivalent to
+ <ref>`:`<ref>, hence updates <ref> in the destination from <ref>
+ in the source.
\--all::
Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies all refs
diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
index 4524fee6f2..9011ffbea3 100644
--- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
@@ -1,68 +1,7 @@
<repository>::
The "remote" repository that is the source of a fetch
- or pull operation, or the destination of a push operation.
- One of the following notations can be used
- to name the remote repository:
-+
-===============================================================
-- rsync://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
-- http://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
-- https://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
-- git://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
-- git://host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/
-- ssh://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
-- ssh://host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/
-- ssh://host.xz/~/path/to/repo.git
-===============================================================
-+
-SSH Is the default transport protocol and also supports an
-scp-like syntax. Both syntaxes support username expansion,
-as does the native git protocol. The following three are
-identical to the last three above, respectively:
-+
-===============================================================
-- host.xz:/path/to/repo.git/
-- host.xz:~user/path/to/repo.git/
-- host.xz:path/to/repo.git
-===============================================================
-+
-To sync with a local directory, use:
-+
-===============================================================
-- /path/to/repo.git/
-===============================================================
-+
-In addition to the above, as a short-hand, the name of a
-file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory can be given; the
-named file should be in the following format:
-+
- URL: one of the above URL format
- Push: <refspec>
- Pull: <refspec>
-+
-When such a short-hand is specified in place of
-<repository> without <refspec> parameters on the command
-line, <refspec> specified on `Push:` lines or `Pull:`
-lines are used for `git-push` and `git-fetch`/`git-pull`,
-respectively. Multiple `Push:` and and `Pull:` lines may
-be specified for additional branch mappings.
-+
-The name of a file in `$GIT_DIR/branches` directory can be
-specified as an older notation short-hand; the named
-file should contain a single line, a URL in one of the
-above formats, optionally followed by a hash `#` and the
-name of remote head (URL fragment notation).
-`$GIT_DIR/branches/<remote>` file that stores a <url>
-without the fragment is equivalent to have this in the
-corresponding file in the `$GIT_DIR/remotes/` directory.
-+
- URL: <url>
- Pull: refs/heads/master:<remote>
-+
-while having `<url>#<head>` is equivalent to
-+
- URL: <url>
- Pull: refs/heads/<head>:<remote>
+ or pull operation.
+include::urls.txt[]
<refspec>::
The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is
@@ -70,17 +9,7 @@ while having `<url>#<head>` is equivalent to
by the source ref, followed by a colon `:`, followed by
the destination ref.
+
-When used in `git-push`, the <src> side can be an
-arbitrary "SHA1 expression" that can be used as an
-argument to `git-cat-file -t`. E.g. `master~4` (push
-four parents before the current master head).
-+
-For `git-push`, the local ref that matches <src> is used
-to fast forward the remote ref that matches <dst>. If
-the optional plus `+` is used, the remote ref is updated
-even if it does not result in a fast forward update.
-+
-For `git-fetch` and `git-pull`, the remote ref that matches <src>
+The remote ref that matches <src>
is fetched, and if <dst> is not empty string, the local
ref that matches it is fast forwarded using <src>.
Again, if the optional plus `+` is used, the local ref
@@ -135,10 +64,7 @@ is often useful.
Some short-cut notations are also supported.
+
* `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`;
- used with pull or fetch, it requests fetching everything up to
- the given tag.
+ it requests fetching everything up to the given tag.
* A parameter <ref> without a colon is equivalent to
- <ref>: when pulling/fetching, and <ref>`:`<ref> when
- pushing. That is, do not store it locally if
- fetching, and update the same name if pushing.
-
+ <ref>: when pulling/fetching, so it merges <ref> into the current
+ branch without storing the remote branch anywhere locally
diff --git a/Documentation/urls.txt b/Documentation/urls.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e027c71e07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/urls.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+One of the following notations can be used
+to name the remote repository:
++
+===============================================================
+- rsync://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
+- http://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
+- https://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
+- git://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
+- git://host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/
+- ssh://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
+- ssh://host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/
+- ssh://host.xz/~/path/to/repo.git
+===============================================================
++
+SSH Is the default transport protocol and also supports an
+scp-like syntax. Both syntaxes support username expansion,
+as does the native git protocol. The following three are
+identical to the last three above, respectively:
++
+===============================================================
+- host.xz:/path/to/repo.git/
+- host.xz:~user/path/to/repo.git/
+- host.xz:path/to/repo.git
+===============================================================
++
+To sync with a local directory, use:
++
+===============================================================
+- /path/to/repo.git/
+===============================================================
++
+In addition to the above, as a short-hand, the name of a
+file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory can be given; the
+named file should be in the following format:
++
+ URL: one of the above URL format
+ Push: <refspec>
+ Pull: <refspec>
++
+When such a short-hand is specified in place of
+<repository> without <refspec> parameters on the command
+line, <refspec> specified on `Push:` lines or `Pull:`
+lines are used for `git-push` and `git-fetch`/`git-pull`,
+respectively. Multiple `Push:` and and `Pull:` lines may
+be specified for additional branch mappings.
++
+The name of a file in `$GIT_DIR/branches` directory can be
+specified as an older notation short-hand; the named
+file should contain a single line, a URL in one of the
+above formats, optionally followed by a hash `#` and the
+name of remote head (URL fragment notation).
+`$GIT_DIR/branches/<remote>` file that stores a <url>
+without the fragment is equivalent to have this in the
+corresponding file in the `$GIT_DIR/remotes/` directory.
++
+ URL: <url>
+ Pull: refs/heads/master:<remote>
++
+while having `<url>#<head>` is equivalent to
++
+ URL: <url>
+ Pull: refs/heads/<head>:<remote>