Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-push.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 1f70e72758254fe3e4774935c89c5b9d4954bedb..45c96435fa66ab4b1b57b6a860a2fc264321cfe4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
-           [--repo=all] [-f | --force] [-v | --verbose] [<repository> <refspec>...]
+          [--repo=all] [-f | --force] [-v | --verbose]
+          [<repository> <refspec>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -29,9 +30,9 @@ OPTIONS
        The "remote" repository that is destination of a push
        operation.  See the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below.
 
-<refspec>::
+<refspec>...::
        The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is
-       `+?<src>:<dst>`; that is, an optional plus `+`, followed
+       `+?<src>:<dst>`; that is, an optional plus `{plus}`, followed
        by the source ref, followed by a colon `:`, followed by
        the destination ref.
 +
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below).
        line.
 
 --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>::
-       Path to the `git-receive-pack` program on the remote
+       Path to the 'git-receive-pack' program on the remote
        end.  Sometimes useful when pushing to a remote
        repository over ssh, and you do not have the program in
        a directory on the default $PATH.
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below).
 
 --thin::
 --no-thin::
-       These options are passed to `git-send-pack`.  Thin
+       These options are passed to 'git-send-pack'.  Thin
        transfer spends extra cycles to minimize the number of
        objects to be sent and meant to be used on slower connection.
 
@@ -180,11 +181,11 @@ 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 master:satellite/master::
-       Find a ref that matches `master` in the source repository
-       (most likely, it would find `refs/heads/master`), and update
-       the ref that matches `satellite/master` (most likely, it would
-       be `refs/remotes/satellite/master`) in `origin` repository with it.
+git push origin master:satellite/master dev:satellite/dev::
+       Use the source ref that matches `master` (e.g. `refs/heads/master`)
+       to update the ref that matches `satellite/master` (most probably
+       `refs/remotes/satellite/master`) in the `origin` repository, then
+       do the same for `dev` and `satellite/dev`.
 
 git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental::
        Create the branch `experimental` in the `origin` repository
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental::
 
 Author
 ------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, later rewritten in C
+Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, later rewritten in C
 by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
 
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