These paragraphs are a little confusing. Also, make it clearer when you have to specify the full name for <dst> Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-push.txt | 22 ++++++++++++---------- 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 3128170..b3d164e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ OPTIONS 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 <src> side represents the source branch (or arbitrary +"SHA1 expression"; see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]) that you want to +push. The <dst> side represents the destination location. + 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 +to fast forward the remote ref that matches <dst> (or, if no <dst> was +specified, the same ref that <src> referred to locally). If +the optional leading plus `+` is used, the remote ref is updated even if it does not result in a fast forward update. + Note: If no explicit refspec is found, (that is neither @@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ git push origin master:: Find a ref that matches `master` in the source repository (most likely, it would find `refs/heads/master`), and update the same ref (e.g. `refs/heads/master`) in `origin` repository - with it. + with it. If `master` did not exist remotely, it would be + created. git push origin :experimental:: Find a ref that matches `experimental` in the `origin` repository @@ -179,9 +180,10 @@ git push origin master:satellite/master:: git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental:: Create the branch `experimental` in the `origin` repository - by copying the current `master` branch. This form is usually - needed to create a new branch in the remote repository as - there is no `experimental` branch to match. + by copying the current `master` branch. This form is only + needed to create a new branch in the remote repository when + the local name and the remote name are different; otherwise, + the branch name on its own will work. Author ------ -- 1.5.5.1.50.g1d36.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
