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diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt index ea03a4e..ce0d808 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt @@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ git-http-push - Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>...] +'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <URL> <ref> [<ref>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Sends missing objects to remote repository, and updates the +Sends missing objects to the remote repository, and updates the remote branch. *NOTE*: This command is temporarily disabled if your libcurl is older than 7.16, as the combination has been reported -not to work and sometimes corrupts repository. +not to work and sometimes corrupts the repository. OPTIONS ------- @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ OPTIONS -d:: -D:: Remove <ref> from remote repository. The specified branch - cannot be the remote HEAD. If -d is specified the following + cannot be the remote HEAD. If -d is specified, the following other conditions must also be met: - Remote HEAD must resolve to an object that exists locally @@ -63,16 +63,15 @@ of such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name cannot have a colon in it). A single pattern '<name>' is just a shorthand for '<name>:<name>'. -Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon) -and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be -pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source -side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the -destination side. +Each pattern pair '<src>:<dst>' consists of the source side (before +the colon) and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be +pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source side, +and where it is pushed is determined by using the destination side. - - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the + - It is an error if '<src>' does not match exactly one of the local refs. - - If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either + - If '<dst>' does not match any remote ref, either * it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the destination literally in this case. @@ -84,8 +83,8 @@ destination side. Without `--force`, the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if <dst> does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an ancestor) of <src>. This check, known as "fast-forward check", -is performed in order to avoid accidentally overwriting the -remote ref and lose other peoples' commits from there. +is performed to avoid accidentally overwriting the +remote ref and losing other peoples' commits from there. With `--force`, the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs. |