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diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt index 8c696296a7..207684d1c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt @@ -12,23 +12,23 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Invoked by 'git-send-pack' and updates the repository with the +Invoked by `git-send-pack` and updates the repository with the information fed from the remote end. This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user. -The UI for the protocol is on the 'git-send-pack' side, and the +The UI for the protocol is on the `git-send-pack` side, and the program pair is meant to be used to push updates to remote -repository. For pull operations, see 'git-fetch-pack'. +repository. For pull operations, see linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1]. The command allows for creation and fast forwarding of sha1 refs (heads/tags) on the remote end (strictly speaking, it is the -local end receive-pack runs, but to the user who is sitting at +local end `git-receive-pack` runs, but to the user who is sitting at the send-pack end, it is updating the remote. Confused?) There are other real-world examples of using update and post-update hooks found in the Documentation/howto directory. -git-receive-pack honours the receive.denyNonFastForwards config +`git-receive-pack` honours the receive.denyNonFastForwards config option, which tells it if updates to a ref should be denied if they are not fast-forwards. @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ non-zero exit code will generate an error message. Note that it is possible for refname to not have sha1-new when this hook runs. This can easily occur if another user modifies the ref -after it was updated by receive-pack, but before the hook was able +after it was updated by `git-receive-pack`, but before the hook was able to evaluate it. It is recommended that hooks rely on sha1-new rather than the current value of refname. @@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ post-update will called with the list of refs that have been updated. This can be used to implement any repository wide cleanup tasks. The exit code from this hook invocation is ignored; the only thing -left for git-receive-pack to do at that point is to exit itself +left for `git-receive-pack` to do at that point is to exit itself anyway. -This hook can be used, for example, to run "git update-server-info" +This hook can be used, for example, to run `git update-server-info` if the repository is packed and is served via a dumb transport. #!/bin/sh |