From 1ec6f488de495a3b77b6a6b6fb42919f64a4bff0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ramkumar Ramachandra Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 21:08:00 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: mention `push.default` in git-push.txt It already is listed in the "git config" documentation, but people interested in pushing would first look at "git push" documentation. Noticed-by: David Glasser Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra Acked-by: Matthieu Moy Fixed-by: Junio C Hamano Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-push.txt | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index cb97cc1c3b..22d2580129 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]] `+`, followed by the source ref , followed by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref . It is used to specify with what object the ref - in the remote repository is to be updated. + in the remote repository is to be updated. If not specified, + the behavior of the command is controlled by the `push.default` + configuration variable. + The 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 +67,8 @@ directs git to push "matching" branches: for every branch that exists on 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---see below) and +no `push.default` configuration variable is set. --all:: Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all @@ -357,7 +360,8 @@ Examples `git push origin :`. + The default behavior of this command when no is given can be -configured by setting the `push` option of the remote. +configured by setting the `push` option of the remote, or the `push.default` +configuration variable. + For example, to default to pushing only the current branch to `origin` use `git config remote.origin.push HEAD`. Any valid (like -- 2.11.4.GIT