config.txt: Change pserver to server in description of gitcvs.*

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 56afd64f42784457d73463ab9bea196264a3296b..f8cc2b5432b448dcf3686ecee68cba796064bbe4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-push - Update remote refs along with associated objects
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-push' [--all] [--tags] [--force] <repository> <refspec>...
+'git-push' [--all] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--repo=all] [-f | --force] [-v] [<repository> <refspec>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -49,12 +49,14 @@ corresponding remotes file---see below), then all the
 refs that exist both on the local side and on the remote
 side are updated.
 +
-Some short-cut notations are also supported.
+`tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`.
 +
-* `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 is equivalent to
+<ref>`:`<ref>, hence updates <ref> in the destination from <ref>
+in the source.
++
+Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from
+the remote repository.
 
 \--all::
        Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all
@@ -65,17 +67,39 @@ Some short-cut notations are also supported.
        addition to refspecs explicitly listed on the command
        line.
 
+\--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>::
+       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.
+
+\--exec=<git-receive-pack>::
+       Same as \--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>.
+
 -f, \--force::
        Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that is
        not a descendant of the local ref used to overwrite it.
        This flag disables the check.  This can cause the
        remote repository to lose commits; use it with care.
 
+\--repo=<repo>::
+       When no repository is specified the command defaults to
+       "origin"; this overrides it.
+
+\--thin, \--no-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.
+
+-v::
+       Run verbosely.
+
 include::urls.txt[]
 
 Author
 ------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, later rewritten in C
+by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
 
 Documentation
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