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[PATCH 3/4] Documentation: mention branches rather than heads

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AMAnders Melchiorsen <mail@cup.kalibalik.dk>
Date
Jan 18, 2009, 14:36 UTC
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Most of the git push page talks about branches, so make it consistent also in this paragraph.

Signed-off-by: Anders Melchiorsen <mail@cup.kalibalik.dk>
---
 Documentation/git-push.txt |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 6d3c711..a7a6f4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from
 the remote repository.
 +
 The special refspec `:` (or `+:` to allow non-fast forward updates)
-directs git to push "matching" heads: for every head that exists on
-the local side, the remote side is updated if a head of the same name
+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
 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).
-- 
1.6.0.2.514.g23abd3
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  1. 0/4 Clarifying the refspec documentationAnders Melchiorsen, Jan 18, 2009
  2. 1/4 Documentation: git push repository can also be a remoteAnders Melchiorsen, Jan 18, 2009
  3. 2/4 Documentation: remove a redundant elaborationAnders Melchiorsen, Jan 18, 2009
  4. 3/4 Documentation: mention branches rather than headsAnders Melchiorsen, Jan 18, 2009
  5. 4/4 Documentation: avoid using undefined parametersAnders Melchiorsen, Jan 18, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2009

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