# How to git push mirror local refs only? 4 messages from 2017-06-09 to 2017-06-19. Participants: Robert Dailey, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/46149 ## Robert Dailey, 2017-06-09 16:12 Subject: How to git push mirror local refs only? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHd499BBNsai4SScOe6kADsgbGRLyGnDKyUcm8LZL-w8c9Webw%40mail.gmail.com ``` 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. Thanks in advance. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2017-06-10 01:53 Subject: Re: How to git push mirror local refs only? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqpoec4nib.fsf%40gitster.mtv.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: ``` Robert Dailey 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 ``` ## Robert Dailey, 2017-06-19 14:20 Subject: Re: How to git push mirror local refs only? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHd499Aft6yE%3D8f8DGRVxMYNR5kg6AVs3tECVtz1VDdwFeL5fg%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 8:53 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Robert Dailey 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 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. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2017-06-19 17:58 Subject: Re: How to git push mirror local refs only? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqq4lvbuaef.fsf%40gitster.mtv.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: ``` Robert Dailey writes: > On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 8:53 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Robert Dailey 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. It may, as a good general default to something other than --mirror, perhaps. When I ask for mirroring the state of my repository, I'd expect it to preserve as much state as possible, including the tips of histories I received from elsewhere. ```