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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index e9ad10672a7f045f25937ca85caec548fcb4327f..665f6dc709207725daa9e7dd81d150a9aac0f7cb 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ side are updated.
 +
 `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`.
 +
-A parameter <ref> without a colon is equivalent to
-<ref>`:`<ref>, hence updates <ref> in the destination from <ref>
-in the source.
+A parameter <ref> without a colon pushes the <ref> from the source
+repository to the destination repository under the same name.
 +
 Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from
 the remote repository.
@@ -98,6 +97,26 @@ the remote repository.
 
 include::urls.txt[]
 
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+git push origin master::
+       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.
+
+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.
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, later rewritten in C
@@ -110,4 +129,3 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-