From 17507832ca9a5e54e2b65a5e1ad2d17255f1b925 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anders Melchiorsen Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:45:32 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: more git push examples Include examples of using HEAD. The order of examples introduces new concepts one by one. This pushes the example of deleting a ref to the end of the list. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-push.txt | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index ea45935a7b..60de47d439 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ git push origin master:: with it. If `master` did not exist remotely, it would be created. -git push origin :experimental:: - Find a ref that matches `experimental` in the `origin` repository - (e.g. `refs/heads/experimental`), and delete it. +git push origin HEAD:: + A handy way to push the current branch to the same name on the + remote. git push origin master:satellite/master dev:satellite/dev:: Use the source ref that matches `master` (e.g. `refs/heads/master`) @@ -201,6 +201,11 @@ git push origin master:satellite/master dev:satellite/dev:: `refs/remotes/satellite/master`) in the `origin` repository, then do the same for `dev` and `satellite/dev`. +git push origin HEAD:master:: + Push the current branch to the remote ref matching `master` in the + `origin` repository. This form is convenient to push the current + branch without thinking about its local name. + git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental:: Create the branch `experimental` in the `origin` repository by copying the current `master` branch. This form is only @@ -208,6 +213,11 @@ git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental:: the local name and the remote name are different; otherwise, the ref name on its own will work. +git push origin :experimental:: + Find a ref that matches `experimental` in the `origin` repository + (e.g. `refs/heads/experimental`), and delete it. + + Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano , later rewritten in C -- 2.11.4.GIT