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