X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-receive-pack.txt;h=2790eebaff3b9dd9a56358cc470396f36eb87085;hb=b3f01ff29f7131e959bcfdfd004744d74d5fa319;hp=514f03c97903aa0be41a4a8f0df236ccb68280b0;hpb=23fd723c9dfbe9b558c0d9a46696ca93f93bab04;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt index 514f03c97..2790eebaf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt @@ -8,19 +8,19 @@ git-receive-pack - Receive what is pushed into the repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git receive-pack' +'git-receive-pack' DESCRIPTION ----------- -Invoked by 'git-send-pack' and updates the repository with the +Invoked by 'git send-pack' and updates the repository with the information fed from the remote end. This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user. -The UI for the protocol is on the 'git-send-pack' side, and the +The UI for the protocol is on the 'git send-pack' side, and the program pair is meant to be used to push updates to remote repository. For pull operations, see linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1]. -The command allows for creation and fast forwarding of sha1 refs +The command allows for creation and fast-forwarding of sha1 refs (heads/tags) on the remote end (strictly speaking, it is the local end 'git-receive-pack' runs, but to the user who is sitting at the send-pack end, it is updating the remote. Confused?)