[PATCH 2/3] Documentation: more git push examples
- From
- Anders Melchiorsen <mail@cup.kalibalik.dk>
- Date
- Jan 25, 2009, 23:45 UTC
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- <1232927133-30377-3-git-send-email-mail@cup.kalibalik.dk>
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- <1232927133-30377-2-git-send-email-mail@cup.kalibalik.dk>
Include examples of using HEAD. The order of examples introduces new concepts one by one. This pushes the example of deleting a ref to the end of the list.
--- Documentation/git-push.txt | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 3fd4bbb..6d478c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ git push origin master:: with it. If `master` did not exist remotely, it would be created. -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 HEAD:: + A handy way to push the current branch to the same name on the + remote. git push origin master:satellite/master dev:satellite/dev:: Use the source ref that matches `master` (e.g. `refs/heads/master`) @@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ git push origin master:satellite/master dev:satellite/dev:: `refs/remotes/satellite/master`) in the `origin` repository, then do the same for `dev` and `satellite/dev`. +git push origin HEAD:master:: + Push the current branch to the remote ref matching `master` in the + `origin` repository. This form is convenient to push the current + branch without thinking about its local name. + git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental:: Create the branch `experimental` in the `origin` repository by copying the current `master` branch. This form is only @@ -207,6 +212,11 @@ git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental:: the local name and the remote name are different; otherwise, the ref name on its own will work. +git push origin :experimental:: + Find a ref that matches `experimental` in the `origin` repository + (e.g. `refs/heads/experimental`), and delete it. + + Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, later rewritten in C
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