How to git push mirror local refs only?

> 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.

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

> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 8:53 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> So I want to update my remote fork with all my local branches.
>>> Normally I'd do this:
>>>
>>> $ git push --mirror fork
>>> ...
>> Something along this line in your .git/config:
>>
>>         [remote "fork"]
>>                 url = ...
>>                 push = refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*
>>
>> and then
>>
>>         $ git push --prune --follow-tags fork
>
> Sorry for the late reply, I was out of town all last week. Thanks for
> your help. Does this serve as a good general default? I can't imagine
> a case where I'd ever want to push something inside refs/remotes.