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You can make interesting things happen to a repository
every time you push into it, by setting up 'hooks' there. See
-documentation for gitlink:git-receive-pack[1].
+documentation for linkgit:git-receive-pack[1].
OPTIONS
by the source ref, followed by a colon `:`, followed by
the destination ref.
+
-The <src> side can be an
-arbitrary "SHA1 expression" that can be used as an
-argument to `git-cat-file -t`. E.g. `master~4` (push
-four parents before the current master head).
+The <src> side represents the source branch (or arbitrary
+"SHA1 expression", such as `master~4` (four parents before the
+tip of `master` branch); see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]) that you
+want to push. The <dst> side represents the destination location.
+
The local ref that matches <src> is used
-to fast forward the remote ref that matches <dst>. If
-the optional plus `+` is used, the remote ref is updated
+to fast forward the remote ref that matches <dst> (or, if no <dst> was
+specified, the same ref that <src> referred to locally). If
+the optional leading plus `+` is used, the remote ref is updated
even if it does not result in a fast forward update.
+
Note: 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), then all the
-heads that exist both on the local side and on the remote
-side are updated.
+corresponding remotes file---see below), then "matching" heads are
+pushed: for every head that exists on the local side, the remote side is
+updated if a head of the same name already exists on the remote side.
+
`tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`.
+
include::urls-remotes.txt[]
+OUTPUT
+------
+
+The output of "git push" depends on the transport method used; this
+section describes the output when pushing over the git protocol (either
+locally or via ssh).
+
+The status of the push is output in tabular form, with each line
+representing the status of a single ref. Each line is of the form:
+
+-------------------------------
+ <flag> <summary> <from> -> <to> (<reason>)
+-------------------------------
+
+flag::
+ A single character indicating the status of the ref. This is
+ blank for a successfully pushed ref, `!` for a ref that was
+ rejected or failed to push, and '=' for a ref that was up to
+ date and did not need pushing (note that the status of up to
+ date refs is shown only when `git push` is running verbosely).
+
+summary::
+ For a successfully pushed ref, the summary shows the old and new
+ values of the ref in a form suitable for using as an argument to
+ `git log` (this is `<old>..<new>` in most cases, and
+ `<old>...<new>` for forced non-fast forward updates). For a
+ failed update, more details are given for the failure.
+ The string `rejected` indicates that git did not try to send the
+ ref at all (typically because it is not a fast forward). The
+ string `remote rejected` indicates that the remote end refused
+ the update; this rejection is typically caused by a hook on the
+ remote side. The string `remote failure` indicates that the
+ remote end did not report the successful update of the ref
+ (perhaps because of a temporary error on the remote side, a
+ break in the network connection, or other transient error).
+
+from::
+ The name of the local ref being pushed, minus its
+ `refs/<type>/` prefix. In the case of deletion, the
+ name of the local ref is omitted.
+
+to::
+ The name of the remote ref being updated, minus its
+ `refs/<type>/` prefix.
+
+reason::
+ A human-readable explanation. In the case of successfully pushed
+ refs, no explanation is needed. For a failed ref, the reason for
+ failure is described.
Examples
--------
Find a ref that matches `master` in the source repository
(most likely, it would find `refs/heads/master`), and update
the same ref (e.g. `refs/heads/master`) in `origin` repository
- with it.
+ 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
git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental::
Create the branch `experimental` in the `origin` repository
- by copying the current `master` branch. This form is usually
- needed to create a new branch in the remote repository as
- there is no `experimental` branch to match.
+ by copying the current `master` branch. This form is only
+ needed to create a new branch or tag in the remote repository when
+ the local name and the remote name are different; otherwise,
+ the ref name on its own will work.
Author
------
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite