Re: [PATCH] Mention that 'push .. master' is in explicit form master:refs/heads/master
Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> writes:
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> Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto AT cante.net>
> ---
> Documentation/git-push.txt | 4 +++-
> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
> index 7b8e075..71ac450 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
> @@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ 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.
> + with it. The following would be exactly same command:
> +
> + git push origin master:refs/heads/master
They _might_ be exactly the same.
The reason people often explicitly write
$ git push $URL refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master
in their insns for newbies is because this form would not be affected by the random factors at $URL repository (or your repository) and will consistently get the same result.
$ git push $URL foo
may push branch head 'foo' or tag 'foo' depending on which one you have locally. Having both is not encouraged, but spelling the insn out explicitly as refs/heads/foo makes it clear the command is talking about the branch even when there is a tag with the same name.
Jari Aalto
