From: Alexander Iljin Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:21:12 GMT Subject: Re: How to ignore changes on remote Message-ID: <465338777.20100323202112@yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <26ae428a1003230713y12f0c74dh3b22c0d97565159b@mail.gmail.com> Hello! >> >> git push origin +local_branch:remote_branch >> HM> Tell me more about that '+'. I've never heard of it before. Can't see HM> anything in the docs (although I'm probably not looking in the right HM> place) git help push … The format of a parameter is an optional plus +, followed by the source ref , followed by a colon :, followed by the destination ref . It is used to specify with what object the ref in the remote repository is to be updated. ... By having the optional leading +, you can tell git to update the ref even when the update is not a fast forward. This does not attempt to merge into . See EXAMPLES below for details. ---=====--- Alexander