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git-send-pack(1)
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git-send-pack(1)
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-v0.1, July 2005
NAME
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NAME
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SYNOPSIS
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SYNOPSIS
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-'git-send-pack' [--all] [--exec=<git-receive-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<head>...]
+'git-send-pack' [--all] [--force] [--exec=<git-receive-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...]
DESCRIPTION
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Invokes 'git-receive-pack' on a possibly remote repository, and
DESCRIPTION
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Invokes 'git-receive-pack' on a possibly remote repository, and
-updates it from the current repository, sending named heads.
+updates it from the current repository, sending named refs.
OPTIONS
OPTIONS
Instead of explicitly specifying which refs to update,
update all refs that locally exist.
Instead of explicitly specifying which refs to update,
update all refs that locally exist.
+--force::
+ Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that
+ is not an ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it.
+ This flag disables the check. What this means is that
+ the remote repository can lose commits; use it with
+ care.
+
<host>::
A remote host to house the repository. When this
part is specified, 'git-receive-pack' is invoked via
<host>::
A remote host to house the repository. When this
part is specified, 'git-receive-pack' is invoked via
<directory>::
The repository to update.
<directory>::
The repository to update.
-<head>...:
+<ref>...:
The remote refs to update.
The remote refs to update.
remote end.
With '--all' flag, all refs that exist locally are transfered to
remote end.
With '--all' flag, all refs that exist locally are transfered to
-the remote side. You cannot specify any '<head>' if you use
+the remote side. You cannot specify any '<ref>' if you use
this flag.
this flag.
-Without '--all' and without any '<head>', the refs that exist
+Without '--all' and without any '<ref>', the refs that exist
both on the local side and on the remote side are updated.
both on the local side and on the remote side are updated.
-When '<head>'s are specified explicitly, it can be either a
+When one or more '<ref>' are specified explicitly, it can be either a
single pattern, or a pair of such pattern separated by a colon
single pattern, or a pair of such pattern separated by a colon
-':' (this means that a ref name cannot have a colon in it). A
+":" (this means that a ref name cannot have a colon in it). A
single pattern '<name>' is just a shorthand for '<name>:<name>'.
single pattern '<name>' is just a shorthand for '<name>:<name>'.
+
Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon)
Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon)
-and the destination side (after the colon). The ref that is
+and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be
pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source
side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the
destination side.
pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source
side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the
destination side.
- - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of local
- refs.
+ - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
+ local refs.
- It is an error if <dst> matches more than one remote refs.
- If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either
- It is an error if <dst> matches more than one remote refs.
- If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either
- - it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the
+ * it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the
destination literally in this case.
destination literally in this case.
- - <src> == <dst> and the ref that matched the <src> must not
+ * <src> == <dst> and the ref that matched the <src> must not
exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched <src>
locally is used as the name of the destination.
exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched <src>
locally is used as the name of the destination.
+Without '--force', the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if
+<dst> does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an
+ancestor) of <src>. This check, known as "fast forward check",
+is performed in order to avoid accidentally overwriting the
+remote ref and lose other peoples' commits from there.
+
+With '--force', the fast forward check is disabled for all refs.
+
+Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign
+to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.
+
Author
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Author
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GIT
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GIT
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-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite