Re: How to git push mirror local refs only?

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 10, 2017, 01:53 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqpoec4nib.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAHd499BBNsai4SScOe6kADsgbGRLyGnDKyUcm8LZL-w8c9Webw@mail.gmail.com>

Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com> writes:

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> So I want to update my remote fork with all my local branches.
> Normally I'd do this:
>
> $ git push --mirror fork
>
> However this will also push everything under `refs/remotes` which I do
> not want. And it fails if I specify a refspec parameter with --mirror.
>
> Is there a way to achieve this through one or more git commands? Note
> I'm doing this on a non-bare clone and have to keep it that way since
> I'm pushing branches I actively work on.
>
> An intrinsic benefit of what I'm trying to do is that the mirror
> command will also batch delete branches on the remote that do not
> exist locally, which is behavior I want since I do not need them
> anymore.

Something along this line in your .git/config:

	[remote "fork"]
		url = ...
		push = refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*

and then

	$ git push --prune --follow-tags fork