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diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 48760db..620f8b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]] <refspec>...:: The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus - `{plus}`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed + `+`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>. It is used to specify with what <src> object the <dst> ref in the remote repository is to be updated. @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ updated. + The object referenced by <src> is used to update the <dst> reference on the remote side, but by default this is only allowed if the -update can fast-forward <dst>. By having the optional leading `{plus}`, +update can fast-forward <dst>. By having the optional leading `+`, you can tell git to update the <dst> ref even when the update is not a fast-forward. This does *not* attempt to merge <src> into <dst>. See EXAMPLES below for details. @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ EXAMPLES below for details. Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from the remote repository. + -The special refspec `:` (or `{plus}:` to allow non-fast-forward updates) +The special refspec `:` (or `+:` to allow non-fast-forward updates) directs git to push "matching" branches: for every branch that exists on the local side, the remote side is updated if a branch of the same name already exists on the remote side. This is the default operation mode @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below). Remove remote branches that don't have a local counterpart. For example a remote branch `tmp` will be removed if a local branch with the same name doesn't exist any more. This also respects refspecs, e.g. - `git push --prune remote refs/heads/{asterisk}:refs/tmp/{asterisk}` would + `git push --prune remote refs/heads/*:refs/tmp/*` would make sure that remote `refs/tmp/foo` will be removed if `refs/heads/foo` doesn't exist. @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ option is used. flag:: A single character indicating the status of the ref: (space);; for a successfully pushed fast-forward; -`{plus}`;; for a successful forced update; +`+`;; for a successful forced update; `-`;; for a successfully deleted ref; `*`;; for a successfully pushed new ref; `!`;; for a ref that was rejected or failed to push; and @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ summary:: For a successfully pushed ref, the summary shows the old and new values of the ref in a form suitable for using as an argument to `git log` (this is `<old>..<new>` in most cases, and - `<old>\...<new>` for forced non-fast-forward updates). + `<old>...<new>` for forced non-fast-forward updates). + For a failed update, more details are given: + @@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ the ones in the examples below) can be configured as the default for Find a ref that matches `experimental` in the `origin` repository (e.g. `refs/heads/experimental`), and delete it. -`git push origin {plus}dev:master`:: +`git push origin +dev:master`:: Update the origin repository's master branch with the dev branch, allowing non-fast-forward updates. *This can leave unreferenced commits dangling in the origin repository.* Consider the |