git-push(1) =========== NAME ---- git-push - Update remote refs along with associated objects SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--tags] [--receive-pack=] [--repo=all] [-f | --force] [-v | --verbose] [ ...] DESCRIPTION ----------- Updates remote refs using local refs, while sending objects necessary to complete the given refs. You can make interesting things happen to a repository every time you push into it, by setting up 'hooks' there. See documentation for linkgit:git-receive-pack[1]. OPTIONS ------- :: The "remote" repository that is destination of a push operation. See the section <> below. :: The canonical format of a parameter is `+?:`; that is, an optional plus `+`, followed by the source ref, followed by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref. + The 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 local ref that matches is used to fast forward the remote ref that matches . If the optional 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 on the command line nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below), then "matching" heads are pushed: for every head that exists on the local side, the remote side is updated if a head of the same name already exists on the remote side. + `tag ` means the same as `refs/tags/:refs/tags/`. + A parameter without a colon pushes the from the source repository to the destination repository under the same name. + Pushing an empty allows you to delete the ref from the remote repository. \--all:: Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/` be pushed. \--mirror:: Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/` and `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/` be mirrored to the remote repository. Newly created local refs will be pushed to the remote end, locally updated refs will be force updated on the remote end, and deleted refs will be removed from the remote end. \--dry-run:: Do everything except actually send the updates. \--tags:: All refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` are pushed, in addition to refspecs explicitly listed on the command line. \--receive-pack=:: Path to the 'git-receive-pack' program on the remote end. Sometimes useful when pushing to a remote repository over ssh, and you do not have the program in a directory on the default $PATH. \--exec=:: Same as \--receive-pack=. -f, \--force:: Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that is not an ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it. This flag disables the check. This can cause the remote repository to lose commits; use it with care. \--repo=:: When no repository is specified the command defaults to "origin"; this overrides it. \--thin, \--no-thin:: These options are passed to `git-send-pack`. Thin transfer spends extra cycles to minimize the number of objects to be sent and meant to be used on slower connection. -v, \--verbose:: Run verbosely. include::urls-remotes.txt[] OUTPUT ------ The output of "git push" depends on the transport method used; this section describes the output when pushing over the git protocol (either locally or via ssh). The status of the push is output in tabular form, with each line representing the status of a single ref. Each line is of the form: ------------------------------- -> () ------------------------------- flag:: A single character indicating the status of the ref. This is blank for a successfully pushed ref, `!` for a ref that was rejected or failed to push, and '=' for a ref that was up to date and did not need pushing (note that the status of up to date refs is shown only when `git push` is running verbosely). 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 `..` in most cases, and `...` for forced non-fast forward updates). For a failed update, more details are given for the failure. The string `rejected` indicates that git did not try to send the ref at all (typically because it is not a fast forward). The string `remote rejected` indicates that the remote end refused the update; this rejection is typically caused by a hook on the remote side. The string `remote failure` indicates that the remote end did not report the successful update of the ref (perhaps because of a temporary error on the remote side, a break in the network connection, or other transient error). from:: The name of the local ref being pushed, minus its `refs//` prefix. In the case of deletion, the name of the local ref is omitted. to:: The name of the remote ref being updated, minus its `refs//` prefix. reason:: A human-readable explanation. In the case of successfully pushed refs, no explanation is needed. For a failed ref, the reason for failure is described. Examples -------- 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. git push origin :experimental:: Find a ref that matches `experimental` in the `origin` repository (e.g. `refs/heads/experimental`), and delete it. git push origin master:satellite/master:: Find a ref that matches `master` in the source repository (most likely, it would find `refs/heads/master`), and update the ref that matches `satellite/master` (most likely, it would be `refs/remotes/satellite/master`) in `origin` repository with it. 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. Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano , later rewritten in C by Linus Torvalds Documentation -------------- Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list . GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite