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diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt index 25702ed..20aca92 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-receive-pack - Receive what is pushed into the repository SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-receive-pack' <directory> +'git receive-pack' <git-dir> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ 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 -program pair is meant to be used to push updates to remote +program pair is meant to be used to push updates to a remote repository. For pull operations, see linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1]. -The command allows for creation and fast-forwarding of sha1 refs +The command allows for the creation and fast-forwarding of sha1 refs (heads/tags) on the remote end (strictly speaking, it is the local end 'git-receive-pack' runs, but to the user who is sitting at the send-pack end, it is updating the remote. Confused?) @@ -38,9 +38,14 @@ its behavior, see linkgit:git-config[1]. OPTIONS ------- -<directory>:: +<git-dir>:: The repository to sync into. +--http-backend-info-refs:: + Used by linkgit:git-http-backend[1] to serve up + `$GIT_URL/info/refs?service=git-receive-pack` requests. See + `--http-backend-info-refs` in linkgit:git-upload-pack[1]. + PRE-RECEIVE HOOK ---------------- Before any ref is updated, if $GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive file exists |