6 git-send-pack - Push objects over Git protocol to another repository
12 'git send-pack' [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
13 [--verbose] [--thin] [--atomic]
14 [--[no-]signed|--signed=(true|false|if-asked)]
15 [<host>:]<directory> (--all | <ref>...)
19 Usually you would want to use 'git push', which is a
20 higher-level wrapper of this command, instead. See linkgit:git-push[1].
22 Invokes 'git-receive-pack' on a possibly remote repository, and
23 updates it from the current repository, sending named refs.
28 --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>::
29 Path to the 'git-receive-pack' program on the remote
30 end. Sometimes useful when pushing to a remote
31 repository over ssh, and you do not have the program in
32 a directory on the default $PATH.
34 --exec=<git-receive-pack>::
35 Same as --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>.
38 Instead of explicitly specifying which refs to update,
39 update all heads that locally exist.
42 Take the list of refs from stdin, one per line. If there
43 are refs specified on the command line in addition to this
44 option, then the refs from stdin are processed after those
47 If `--stateless-rpc` is specified together with this option then
48 the list of refs must be in packet format (pkt-line). Each ref must
49 be in a separate packet, and the list must end with a flush packet.
52 Do everything except actually send the updates.
55 Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that
56 is not an ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it.
57 This flag disables the check. What this means is that
58 the remote repository can lose commits; use it with
65 Send a "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based
66 on objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic.
69 Use an atomic transaction for updating the refs. If any of the refs
70 fails to update then the entire push will fail without changing any
74 --signed=(true|false|if-asked)::
75 GPG-sign the push request to update refs on the receiving
76 side, to allow it to be checked by the hooks and/or be
77 logged. If `false` or `--no-signed`, no signing will be
78 attempted. If `true` or `--signed`, the push will fail if the
79 server does not support signed pushes. If set to `if-asked`,
80 sign if and only if the server supports signed pushes. The push
81 will also fail if the actual call to `gpg --sign` fails. See
82 linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] for the details on the receiving end.
84 --push-option=<string>::
85 Pass the specified string as a push option for consumption by
86 hooks on the server side. If the server doesn't support push
87 options, error out. See linkgit:git-push[1] and
88 linkgit:githooks[5] for details.
91 A remote host to house the repository. When this
92 part is specified, 'git-receive-pack' is invoked via
96 The repository to update.
99 The remote refs to update.
105 There are three ways to specify which refs to update on the
108 With `--all` flag, all refs that exist locally are transferred to
109 the remote side. You cannot specify any '<ref>' if you use
112 Without `--all` and without any '<ref>', the heads that exist
113 both on the local side and on the remote side are updated.
115 When one or more '<ref>' are specified explicitly (whether on the
116 command line or via `--stdin`), it can be either a
117 single pattern, or a pair of such pattern separated by a colon
118 ":" (this means that a ref name cannot have a colon in it). A
119 single pattern '<name>' is just a shorthand for '<name>:<name>'.
121 Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon)
122 and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be
123 pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source
124 side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the
125 destination side. The rules used to match a ref are the same
126 rules used by 'git rev-parse' to resolve a symbolic ref
127 name. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
129 - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
132 - It is an error if <dst> matches more than one remote refs.
134 - If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either
136 * it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the
137 destination literally in this case.
139 * <src> == <dst> and the ref that matched the <src> must not
140 exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched <src>
141 locally is used as the name of the destination.
143 Without `--force`, the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if
144 <dst> does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an
145 ancestor) of <src>. This check, known as "fast-forward check",
146 is performed in order to avoid accidentally overwriting the
147 remote ref and lose other peoples' commits from there.
149 With `--force`, the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs.
151 Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign
152 to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.
156 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite