Re: push.default documented in "man git-push"?
> Thanks Rankumar! There's also the reference in the "git push origin"
> example and the "This is the default operation mode if no explicit
> refspec is found".
Sorry; here's a revised patch.
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From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 21:06:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: mention `push.default` in git-push.txt
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/git-push.txt | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index cb97cc1..e1e9aca 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]]
`+`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed
by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>.
It is used to specify with what <src> object the <dst> ref
- in the remote repository is to be updated.
+ in the remote repository is to be updated. If not specified,
+ the configuration variable `push.default` is used.
+
The <src> is often the name of the branch you would want to push, but
it can be any arbitrary "SHA-1 expression", such as `master~4` or
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ directs git to push "matching" branches: for every
branch that
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).
+nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file, or `push.default`
+---see below).
--all::
Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all
@@ -357,7 +359,7 @@ Examples
`git push origin :`.
+
The default behavior of this command when no <refspec> is given can be
-configured by setting the `push` option of the remote.
+configured by setting the `push` option of the remote, or `push.default`.
+
For example, to default to pushing only the current branch to `origin`
use `git config remote.origin.push HEAD`. Any valid <refspec> (like
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1.7.12.1.428.g652398a.dirty
Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>