Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-send-pack.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
index 2fa01d4a3ca92ed3a3896e4df416cf8f3933c885..a2d9cb61be1598eb4568c7d03aafbd733e1acd9c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon)
 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.
+destination side. The rules used to match a ref are the same
+rules used by gitlink:git-rev-parse[1] to resolve a symbolic ref
+name.
 
  - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
    local refs.