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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt index 39f50bd..174af2c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt @@ -142,8 +142,12 @@ upstream:: encountered. Append `:track,nobracket` to show tracking information without brackets (i.e "ahead N, behind M"). + -Also respects `:remotename` to state the name of the *remote* instead of -the ref. +For any remote-tracking branch `%(upstream)`, `%(upstream:remotename)` +and `%(upstream:remoteref)` refer to the name of the remote and the +name of the tracked remote ref, respectively. In other words, the +remote-tracking branch can be updated explicitly and individually by +using the refspec `%(upstream:remoteref):%(upstream)` to fetch from +`%(upstream:remotename)`. + Has no effect if the ref does not have tracking information associated with it. All the options apart from `nobracket` are mutually exclusive, @@ -152,9 +156,9 @@ but if used together the last option is selected. push:: The name of a local ref which represents the `@{push}` location for the displayed ref. Respects `:short`, `:lstrip`, - `:rstrip`, `:track`, `:trackshort` and `:remotename` options as - `upstream` does. Produces an empty string if no `@{push}` ref is - configured. + `:rstrip`, `:track`, `:trackshort`, `:remotename`, and `:remoteref` + options as `upstream` does. Produces an empty string if no `@{push}` + ref is configured. HEAD:: '*' if HEAD matches current ref (the checked out branch), ' ' |