Include a git-push example for creating a remote branch

Many users get confused when `git push origin master:foo` works
when foo already exists on the remote repository but are confused
when foo doesn't exist as a branch and this form does not create
the branch foo.

This new example highlights the trick of including refs/heads/
in front of the desired branch name to create a branch.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 0dd9caf86799e1648fde8895af918f6f4806d202..7b8e075c422ba8065e746a8bb771267c4aca1d24 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ git push origin master:satellite/master::
        the ref that matches `satellite/master` (most likely, it would
        be `refs/remotes/satellite/master`) in `origin` repository with it.
 
+git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental::
+       Create the branch `experimental` in the `origin` repository
+       by copying the current `master` branch.  This form is usually
+       needed to create a new branch in the remote repository as
+       there is no `experimental` branch to match.
+
 Author
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 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, later rewritten in C