[PATCH 6/5] git-push: Update description of refspecs and add examples
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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* This is primarily to describe the semantics [Patch 5/5] fixes.
Documentation/git-push.txt | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 366c5db..665f6dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ side are updated.
+
`tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`.
+
-A parameter <ref> without a colon is equivalent to
-<ref>`:`<ref>, hence updates <ref> in the destination from <ref>
-in the source.
+A parameter <ref> without a colon pushes the <ref> from the source
+repository to the destination repository under the same name.
+
Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from
the remote repository.
@@ -98,6 +97,26 @@ the remote repository.
include::urls.txt[]
+
+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.
+
Author
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Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, later rewritten in C
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>