Documentation/git-push: Explain status output in more detail

Mention the effects of the receive.deny* family of options for the
"remote rejected" case.  While there, also split up the explanation
into an easier-to-parse list format.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index b68abff28a0fe27fbcb2bbffa2296cffb1297eaf..658ff2ff67f23e9a9d2942e38528dba415139ac3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -200,16 +200,29 @@ summary::
        For a successfully pushed ref, the summary shows the old and new
        values of the ref in a form suitable for using as an argument to
        `git log` (this is `<old>..<new>` in most cases, and
-       `<old>...<new>` for forced non-fast-forward updates). For a
-       failed update, more details are given for the failure.
-       The string `rejected` indicates that git did not try to send the
-       ref at all (typically because it is not a fast-forward). The
-       string `remote rejected` indicates that the remote end refused
-       the update; this rejection is typically caused by a hook on the
-       remote side. The string `remote failure` indicates that the
-       remote end did not report the successful update of the ref
-       (perhaps because of a temporary error on the remote side, a
-       break in the network connection, or other transient error).
+       `<old>...<new>` for forced non-fast-forward updates).
++
+For a failed update, more details are given:
++
+--
+rejected::
+       Git did not try to send the ref at all, typically because it
+       is not a fast-forward and you did not force the update.
+
+remote rejected::
+       The remote end refused the update.  Usually caused by a hook
+       on the remote side, or because the remote repository has one
+       of the following safety options in effect:
+       `receive.denyCurrentBranch` (for pushes to the checked out
+       branch), `receive.denyNonFastForwards` (for forced
+       non-fast-forward updates), `receive.denyDeletes` or
+       `receive.denyDeleteCurrent`.  See linkgit:git-config[1].
+
+remote failure::
+       The remote end did not report the successful update of the ref,
+       perhaps because of a temporary error on the remote side, a
+       break in the network connection, or other transient error.
+--
 
 from::
        The name of the local ref being pushed, minus its