]>
Commit | Line | Data |
---|---|---|
215a7ad1 JH |
1 | git-push(1) |
2 | =========== | |
7fc9d69f JH |
3 | |
4 | NAME | |
5 | ---- | |
7bd7f280 | 6 | git-push - Update remote refs along with associated objects |
7fc9d69f JH |
7 | |
8 | ||
9 | SYNOPSIS | |
10 | -------- | |
97925fde | 11 | [verse] |
c2aba155 | 12 | 'git push' [--all | --mirror | --tags] [--follow-tags] [-n | --dry-run] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] |
6ddba5e2 | 13 | [--repo=<repository>] [-f | --force] [--prune] [-v | --verbose] [-u | --set-upstream] |
28f5d176 | 14 | [--force-with-lease[=<refname>[:<expect>]]] |
90d32d1f | 15 | [--no-verify] [<repository> [<refspec>...]] |
7fc9d69f JH |
16 | |
17 | DESCRIPTION | |
18 | ----------- | |
ab9b3138 JH |
19 | |
20 | Updates remote refs using local refs, while sending objects | |
21 | necessary to complete the given refs. | |
7fc9d69f | 22 | |
cc55aaec | 23 | You can make interesting things happen to a repository |
eb0362a4 | 24 | every time you push into it, by setting up 'hooks' there. See |
5162e697 | 25 | documentation for linkgit:git-receive-pack[1]. |
eb0362a4 | 26 | |
cfe1348d JH |
27 | When the command line does not specify where to push with the |
28 | `<repository>` argument, `branch.*.remote` configuration for the | |
29 | current branch is consulted to determine where to push. If the | |
30 | configuration is missing, it defaults to 'origin'. | |
31 | ||
32 | When the command line does not specify what to push with `<refspec>...` | |
33 | arguments or `--all`, `--mirror`, `--tags` options, the command finds | |
34 | the default `<refspec>` by consulting `remote.*.push` configuration, | |
35 | and if it is not found, honors `push.default` configuration to decide | |
36 | what to push (See gitlink:git-config[1] for the meaning of `push.default`). | |
37 | ||
7fc9d69f | 38 | |
d6aba61f CJ |
39 | OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]] |
40 | ------------------ | |
3598a308 | 41 | <repository>:: |
85a97d4e | 42 | The "remote" repository that is destination of a push |
98347fee AM |
43 | operation. This parameter can be either a URL |
44 | (see the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below) or the name | |
45 | of a remote (see the section <<REMOTES,REMOTES>> below). | |
3598a308 | 46 | |
2c9693bd | 47 | <refspec>...:: |
cfe1348d | 48 | Specify what destination ref to update with what source object. |
7a0d911f | 49 | The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus |
cfe1348d | 50 | `+`, followed by the source object <src>, followed |
7a0d911f | 51 | by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>. |
3598a308 | 52 | + |
80391846 AM |
53 | The <src> is often the name of the branch you would want to push, but |
54 | it can be any arbitrary "SHA-1 expression", such as `master~4` or | |
9d83e382 | 55 | `HEAD` (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]). |
3598a308 | 56 | + |
80391846 AM |
57 | The <dst> tells which ref on the remote side is updated with this |
58 | push. Arbitrary expressions cannot be used here, an actual ref must | |
ca02465b JH |
59 | be named. |
60 | If `git push [<repository>]` without any `<refspec>` argument is set to | |
61 | update some ref at the destination with `<src>` with | |
62 | `remote.<repository>.push` configuration variable, `:<dst>` part can | |
63 | be omitted---such a push will update a ref that `<src>` normally updates | |
64 | without any `<refspec>` on the command line. Otherwise, missing | |
65 | `:<dst>` means to update the same ref as the `<src>`. | |
3598a308 | 66 | + |
149f6ddf | 67 | The object referenced by <src> is used to update the <dst> reference |
dbfeddb1 | 68 | on the remote side. By default this is only allowed if <dst> is not |
40eff179 | 69 | a tag (annotated or lightweight), and then only if it can fast-forward |
2de9b711 | 70 | <dst>. By having the optional leading `+`, you can tell Git to update |
40eff179 CR |
71 | the <dst> ref even if it is not allowed by default (e.g., it is not a |
72 | fast-forward.) This does *not* attempt to merge <src> into <dst>. See | |
149f6ddf | 73 | EXAMPLES below for details. |
3598a308 | 74 | + |
80391846 | 75 | `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`. |
25fb6290 JH |
76 | + |
77 | Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from | |
78 | the remote repository. | |
a83619d6 | 79 | + |
6cf378f0 | 80 | The special refspec `:` (or `+:` to allow non-fast-forward updates) |
2de9b711 | 81 | directs Git to push "matching" branches: for every branch that exists on |
89edd5a9 | 82 | the local side, the remote side is updated if a branch of the same name |
cfe1348d | 83 | already exists on the remote side. |
7fc9d69f | 84 | |
3240240f | 85 | --all:: |
cc55aaec | 86 | Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all |
cc1b8d8b | 87 | refs under `refs/heads/` be pushed. |
d6a73596 | 88 | |
6ddba5e2 FC |
89 | --prune:: |
90 | Remove remote branches that don't have a local counterpart. For example | |
91 | a remote branch `tmp` will be removed if a local branch with the same | |
92 | name doesn't exist any more. This also respects refspecs, e.g. | |
6cf378f0 | 93 | `git push --prune remote refs/heads/*:refs/tmp/*` would |
6ddba5e2 FC |
94 | make sure that remote `refs/tmp/foo` will be removed if `refs/heads/foo` |
95 | doesn't exist. | |
96 | ||
3240240f | 97 | --mirror:: |
ff206748 | 98 | Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all |
cc1b8d8b | 99 | refs under `refs/` (which includes but is not |
73f03627 | 100 | limited to `refs/heads/`, `refs/remotes/`, and `refs/tags/`) |
ff206748 AW |
101 | be mirrored to the remote repository. Newly created local |
102 | refs will be pushed to the remote end, locally updated refs | |
103 | will be force updated on the remote end, and deleted refs | |
84bb2dfd PB |
104 | will be removed from the remote end. This is the default |
105 | if the configuration option `remote.<remote>.mirror` is | |
106 | set. | |
ff206748 | 107 | |
9f67fee2 | 108 | -n:: |
3240240f | 109 | --dry-run:: |
11f2441f BE |
110 | Do everything except actually send the updates. |
111 | ||
1965ff74 LA |
112 | --porcelain:: |
113 | Produce machine-readable output. The output status line for each ref | |
114 | will be tab-separated and sent to stdout instead of stderr. The full | |
115 | symbolic names of the refs will be given. | |
116 | ||
f517f1f2 JK |
117 | --delete:: |
118 | All listed refs are deleted from the remote repository. This is | |
119 | the same as prefixing all refs with a colon. | |
120 | ||
3240240f | 121 | --tags:: |
cc1b8d8b | 122 | All refs under `refs/tags` are pushed, in |
42301e34 JH |
123 | addition to refspecs explicitly listed on the command |
124 | line. | |
125 | ||
c2aba155 JH |
126 | --follow-tags:: |
127 | Push all the refs that would be pushed without this option, | |
128 | and also push annotated tags in `refs/tags` that are missing | |
a8a5406a | 129 | from the remote but are pointing at commit-ish that are |
c2aba155 JH |
130 | reachable from the refs being pushed. |
131 | ||
3240240f | 132 | --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>:: |
4fc988ef | 133 | --exec=<git-receive-pack>:: |
ba020ef5 | 134 | Path to the 'git-receive-pack' program on the remote |
5214f770 UKK |
135 | end. Sometimes useful when pushing to a remote |
136 | repository over ssh, and you do not have the program in | |
137 | a directory on the default $PATH. | |
138 | ||
28f5d176 JH |
139 | --[no-]force-with-lease:: |
140 | --force-with-lease=<refname>:: | |
141 | --force-with-lease=<refname>:<expect>:: | |
142 | Usually, "git push" refuses to update a remote ref that is | |
143 | not an ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it. | |
144 | + | |
145 | This option bypasses the check, but instead requires that the | |
146 | current value of the ref to be the expected value. "git push" | |
147 | fails otherwise. | |
148 | + | |
149 | Imagine that you have to rebase what you have already published. | |
150 | You will have to bypass the "must fast-forward" rule in order to | |
151 | replace the history you originally published with the rebased history. | |
152 | If somebody else built on top of your original history while you are | |
153 | rebasing, the tip of the branch at the remote may advance with her | |
154 | commit, and blindly pushing with `--force` will lose her work. | |
155 | + | |
156 | This option allows you to say that you expect the history you are | |
157 | updating is what you rebased and want to replace. If the remote ref | |
158 | still points at the commit you specified, you can be sure that no | |
159 | other people did anything to the ref (it is like taking a "lease" on | |
160 | the ref without explicitly locking it, and you update the ref while | |
161 | making sure that your earlier "lease" is still valid). | |
162 | + | |
163 | `--force-with-lease` alone, without specifying the details, will protect | |
164 | all remote refs that are going to be updated by requiring their | |
165 | current value to be the same as the remote-tracking branch we have | |
166 | for them, unless specified with a `--force-with-lease=<refname>:<expect>` | |
167 | option that explicitly states what the expected value is. | |
168 | + | |
169 | `--force-with-lease=<refname>`, without specifying the expected value, will | |
170 | protect the named ref (alone), if it is going to be updated, by | |
171 | requiring its current value to be the same as the remote-tracking | |
172 | branch we have for it. | |
173 | + | |
174 | `--force-with-lease=<refname>:<expect>` will protect the named ref (alone), | |
175 | if it is going to be updated, by requiring its current value to be | |
176 | the same as the specified value <expect> (which is allowed to be | |
177 | different from the remote-tracking branch we have for the refname, | |
178 | or we do not even have to have such a remote-tracking branch when | |
179 | this form is used). | |
180 | + | |
181 | Note that all forms other than `--force-with-lease=<refname>:<expect>` | |
182 | that specifies the expected current value of the ref explicitly are | |
183 | still experimental and their semantics may change as we gain experience | |
184 | with this feature. | |
185 | + | |
186 | "--no-force-with-lease" will cancel all the previous --force-with-lease on the | |
187 | command line. | |
188 | ||
3240240f SB |
189 | -f:: |
190 | --force:: | |
f0fff36e | 191 | Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that is |
64a476e6 | 192 | not an ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it. |
28f5d176 JH |
193 | Also, when `--force-with-lease` option is used, the command refuses |
194 | to update a remote ref whose current value does not match | |
195 | what is expected. | |
196 | + | |
197 | This flag disables these checks, and can cause the remote repository | |
198 | to lose commits; use it with care. | |
199 | + | |
200 | Note that `--force` applies to all the refs that are pushed, hence | |
201 | using it with `push.default` set to `matching` or with multiple push | |
202 | destinations configured with `remote.*.push` may overwrite refs | |
203 | other than the current branch (including local refs that are | |
204 | strictly behind their remote counterpart). To force a push to only | |
205 | one branch, use a `+` in front of the refspec to push (e.g `git push | |
206 | origin +master` to force a push to the `master` branch). See the | |
207 | `<refspec>...` section above for details. | |
7fc9d69f | 208 | |
bf07cc58 JS |
209 | --repo=<repository>:: |
210 | This option is only relevant if no <repository> argument is | |
0b444cdb | 211 | passed in the invocation. In this case, 'git push' derives the |
bf07cc58 JS |
212 | remote name from the current branch: If it tracks a remote |
213 | branch, then that remote repository is pushed to. Otherwise, | |
214 | the name "origin" is used. For this latter case, this option | |
215 | can be used to override the name "origin". In other words, | |
216 | the difference between these two commands | |
217 | + | |
218 | -------------------------- | |
219 | git push public #1 | |
220 | git push --repo=public #2 | |
221 | -------------------------- | |
222 | + | |
223 | is that #1 always pushes to "public" whereas #2 pushes to "public" | |
224 | only if the current branch does not track a remote branch. This is | |
0b444cdb | 225 | useful if you write an alias or script around 'git push'. |
dc36f265 | 226 | |
0ed3a111 TR |
227 | -u:: |
228 | --set-upstream:: | |
229 | For every branch that is up to date or successfully pushed, add | |
230 | upstream (tracking) reference, used by argument-less | |
231 | linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information, | |
232 | see 'branch.<name>.merge' in linkgit:git-config[1]. | |
233 | ||
0460ed2c | 234 | --[no-]thin:: |
738820a9 SB |
235 | These options are passed to linkgit:git-send-pack[1]. A thin transfer |
236 | significantly reduces the amount of sent data when the sender and | |
237 | receiver share many of the same objects in common. The default is | |
238 | \--thin. | |
dc36f265 | 239 | |
989119d9 JK |
240 | -q:: |
241 | --quiet:: | |
242 | Suppress all output, including the listing of updated refs, | |
78381069 TRC |
243 | unless an error occurs. Progress is not reported to the standard |
244 | error stream. | |
989119d9 | 245 | |
3240240f SB |
246 | -v:: |
247 | --verbose:: | |
dc36f265 JH |
248 | Run verbosely. |
249 | ||
78381069 TRC |
250 | --progress:: |
251 | Progress status is reported on the standard error stream | |
252 | by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q | |
253 | is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the | |
254 | standard error stream is not directed to a terminal. | |
989119d9 | 255 | |
eb21c732 HV |
256 | --recurse-submodules=check|on-demand:: |
257 | Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be | |
a6d3bde5 | 258 | pushed are available on a remote-tracking branch. If 'check' is |
2de9b711 | 259 | used Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in |
eb21c732 HV |
260 | the revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote |
261 | of the submodule. If any commits are missing the push will be | |
262 | aborted and exit with non-zero status. If 'on-demand' is used | |
263 | all submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will | |
264 | be pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary | |
265 | revisions it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. | |
d2b17b32 | 266 | |
90d32d1f TR |
267 | --[no-]verify:: |
268 | Toggle the pre-push hook (see linkgit:githooks[5]). The | |
269 | default is \--verify, giving the hook a chance to prevent the | |
270 | push. With \--no-verify, the hook is bypassed completely. | |
271 | ||
d2b17b32 | 272 | |
37ba0561 | 273 | include::urls-remotes.txt[] |
eb0362a4 | 274 | |
066a5268 JK |
275 | OUTPUT |
276 | ------ | |
277 | ||
278 | The output of "git push" depends on the transport method used; this | |
2de9b711 | 279 | section describes the output when pushing over the Git protocol (either |
066a5268 JK |
280 | locally or via ssh). |
281 | ||
282 | The status of the push is output in tabular form, with each line | |
283 | representing the status of a single ref. Each line is of the form: | |
284 | ||
285 | ------------------------------- | |
286 | <flag> <summary> <from> -> <to> (<reason>) | |
287 | ------------------------------- | |
288 | ||
1965ff74 LA |
289 | If --porcelain is used, then each line of the output is of the form: |
290 | ||
291 | ------------------------------- | |
292 | <flag> \t <from>:<to> \t <summary> (<reason>) | |
293 | ------------------------------- | |
294 | ||
b7047abc JH |
295 | The status of up-to-date refs is shown only if --porcelain or --verbose |
296 | option is used. | |
297 | ||
066a5268 | 298 | flag:: |
b7047abc JH |
299 | A single character indicating the status of the ref: |
300 | (space);; for a successfully pushed fast-forward; | |
6cf378f0 | 301 | `+`;; for a successful forced update; |
b7047abc JH |
302 | `-`;; for a successfully deleted ref; |
303 | `*`;; for a successfully pushed new ref; | |
304 | `!`;; for a ref that was rejected or failed to push; and | |
305 | `=`;; for a ref that was up to date and did not need pushing. | |
066a5268 JK |
306 | |
307 | summary:: | |
308 | For a successfully pushed ref, the summary shows the old and new | |
309 | values of the ref in a form suitable for using as an argument to | |
310 | `git log` (this is `<old>..<new>` in most cases, and | |
6cf378f0 | 311 | `<old>...<new>` for forced non-fast-forward updates). |
9a9fb5d3 TR |
312 | + |
313 | For a failed update, more details are given: | |
314 | + | |
315 | -- | |
316 | rejected:: | |
317 | Git did not try to send the ref at all, typically because it | |
318 | is not a fast-forward and you did not force the update. | |
319 | ||
320 | remote rejected:: | |
321 | The remote end refused the update. Usually caused by a hook | |
322 | on the remote side, or because the remote repository has one | |
323 | of the following safety options in effect: | |
324 | `receive.denyCurrentBranch` (for pushes to the checked out | |
325 | branch), `receive.denyNonFastForwards` (for forced | |
326 | non-fast-forward updates), `receive.denyDeletes` or | |
327 | `receive.denyDeleteCurrent`. See linkgit:git-config[1]. | |
328 | ||
329 | remote failure:: | |
330 | The remote end did not report the successful update of the ref, | |
331 | perhaps because of a temporary error on the remote side, a | |
332 | break in the network connection, or other transient error. | |
333 | -- | |
066a5268 JK |
334 | |
335 | from:: | |
336 | The name of the local ref being pushed, minus its | |
337 | `refs/<type>/` prefix. In the case of deletion, the | |
338 | name of the local ref is omitted. | |
339 | ||
340 | to:: | |
341 | The name of the remote ref being updated, minus its | |
342 | `refs/<type>/` prefix. | |
343 | ||
344 | reason:: | |
345 | A human-readable explanation. In the case of successfully pushed | |
346 | refs, no explanation is needed. For a failed ref, the reason for | |
347 | failure is described. | |
bb9fca80 | 348 | |
07436e43 MM |
349 | Note about fast-forwards |
350 | ------------------------ | |
351 | ||
352 | When an update changes a branch (or more in general, a ref) that used to | |
353 | point at commit A to point at another commit B, it is called a | |
354 | fast-forward update if and only if B is a descendant of A. | |
355 | ||
356 | In a fast-forward update from A to B, the set of commits that the original | |
357 | commit A built on top of is a subset of the commits the new commit B | |
358 | builds on top of. Hence, it does not lose any history. | |
359 | ||
360 | In contrast, a non-fast-forward update will lose history. For example, | |
361 | suppose you and somebody else started at the same commit X, and you built | |
362 | a history leading to commit B while the other person built a history | |
363 | leading to commit A. The history looks like this: | |
364 | ||
365 | ---------------- | |
366 | ||
367 | B | |
368 | / | |
369 | ---X---A | |
370 | ||
371 | ---------------- | |
372 | ||
373 | Further suppose that the other person already pushed changes leading to A | |
6b6e063c MS |
374 | back to the original repository from which you two obtained the original |
375 | commit X. | |
07436e43 MM |
376 | |
377 | The push done by the other person updated the branch that used to point at | |
378 | commit X to point at commit A. It is a fast-forward. | |
379 | ||
380 | But if you try to push, you will attempt to update the branch (that | |
381 | now points at A) with commit B. This does _not_ fast-forward. If you did | |
382 | so, the changes introduced by commit A will be lost, because everybody | |
383 | will now start building on top of B. | |
384 | ||
385 | The command by default does not allow an update that is not a fast-forward | |
386 | to prevent such loss of history. | |
387 | ||
a58088ab | 388 | If you do not want to lose your work (history from X to B) or the work by |
07436e43 MM |
389 | the other person (history from X to A), you would need to first fetch the |
390 | history from the repository, create a history that contains changes done | |
391 | by both parties, and push the result back. | |
392 | ||
393 | You can perform "git pull", resolve potential conflicts, and "git push" | |
394 | the result. A "git pull" will create a merge commit C between commits A | |
395 | and B. | |
396 | ||
397 | ---------------- | |
398 | ||
399 | B---C | |
400 | / / | |
401 | ---X---A | |
402 | ||
403 | ---------------- | |
404 | ||
405 | Updating A with the resulting merge commit will fast-forward and your | |
406 | push will be accepted. | |
407 | ||
408 | Alternatively, you can rebase your change between X and B on top of A, | |
409 | with "git pull --rebase", and push the result back. The rebase will | |
410 | create a new commit D that builds the change between X and B on top of | |
411 | A. | |
412 | ||
413 | ---------------- | |
414 | ||
415 | B D | |
416 | / / | |
417 | ---X---A | |
418 | ||
419 | ---------------- | |
420 | ||
421 | Again, updating A with this commit will fast-forward and your push will be | |
422 | accepted. | |
423 | ||
424 | There is another common situation where you may encounter non-fast-forward | |
425 | rejection when you try to push, and it is possible even when you are | |
426 | pushing into a repository nobody else pushes into. After you push commit | |
427 | A yourself (in the first picture in this section), replace it with "git | |
428 | commit --amend" to produce commit B, and you try to push it out, because | |
429 | forgot that you have pushed A out already. In such a case, and only if | |
430 | you are certain that nobody in the meantime fetched your earlier commit A | |
431 | (and started building on top of it), you can run "git push --force" to | |
432 | overwrite it. In other words, "git push --force" is a method reserved for | |
433 | a case where you do mean to lose history. | |
434 | ||
435 | ||
bb9fca80 JH |
436 | Examples |
437 | -------- | |
438 | ||
5d2fc913 | 439 | `git push`:: |
d6aba61f CJ |
440 | Works like `git push <remote>`, where <remote> is the |
441 | current branch's remote (or `origin`, if no remote is | |
442 | configured for the current branch). | |
443 | ||
5d2fc913 | 444 | `git push origin`:: |
d6aba61f CJ |
445 | Without additional configuration, works like |
446 | `git push origin :`. | |
447 | + | |
448 | The default behavior of this command when no <refspec> is given can be | |
1ec6f488 RR |
449 | configured by setting the `push` option of the remote, or the `push.default` |
450 | configuration variable. | |
d6aba61f CJ |
451 | + |
452 | For example, to default to pushing only the current branch to `origin` | |
453 | use `git config remote.origin.push HEAD`. Any valid <refspec> (like | |
454 | the ones in the examples below) can be configured as the default for | |
455 | `git push origin`. | |
456 | ||
5d2fc913 | 457 | `git push origin :`:: |
d6aba61f CJ |
458 | Push "matching" branches to `origin`. See |
459 | <refspec> in the <<OPTIONS,OPTIONS>> section above for a | |
460 | description of "matching" branches. | |
461 | ||
5d2fc913 | 462 | `git push origin master`:: |
bb9fca80 JH |
463 | Find a ref that matches `master` in the source repository |
464 | (most likely, it would find `refs/heads/master`), and update | |
465 | the same ref (e.g. `refs/heads/master`) in `origin` repository | |
491b1b11 SV |
466 | with it. If `master` did not exist remotely, it would be |
467 | created. | |
bb9fca80 | 468 | |
5d2fc913 | 469 | `git push origin HEAD`:: |
17507832 AM |
470 | A handy way to push the current branch to the same name on the |
471 | remote. | |
bb9fca80 | 472 | |
b48990e7 | 473 | `git push mothership master:satellite/master dev:satellite/dev`:: |
2c9693bd AMS |
474 | Use the source ref that matches `master` (e.g. `refs/heads/master`) |
475 | to update the ref that matches `satellite/master` (most probably | |
b48990e7 | 476 | `refs/remotes/satellite/master`) in the `mothership` repository; |
2c9693bd | 477 | do the same for `dev` and `satellite/dev`. |
b48990e7 JH |
478 | + |
479 | This is to emulate `git fetch` run on the `mothership` using `git | |
480 | push` that is run in the opposite direction in order to integrate | |
481 | the work done on `satellite`, and is often necessary when you can | |
482 | only make connection in one way (i.e. satellite can ssh into | |
483 | mothership but mothership cannot initiate connection to satellite | |
484 | because the latter is behind a firewall or does not run sshd). | |
485 | + | |
486 | After running this `git push` on the `satellite` machine, you would | |
487 | ssh into the `mothership` and run `git merge` there to complete the | |
488 | emulation of `git pull` that were run on `mothership` to pull changes | |
489 | made on `satellite`. | |
bb9fca80 | 490 | |
5d2fc913 | 491 | `git push origin HEAD:master`:: |
17507832 AM |
492 | Push the current branch to the remote ref matching `master` in the |
493 | `origin` repository. This form is convenient to push the current | |
494 | branch without thinking about its local name. | |
495 | ||
5d2fc913 | 496 | `git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental`:: |
4e560158 | 497 | Create the branch `experimental` in the `origin` repository |
491b1b11 SV |
498 | by copying the current `master` branch. This form is only |
499 | needed to create a new branch or tag in the remote repository when | |
500 | the local name and the remote name are different; otherwise, | |
501 | the ref name on its own will work. | |
4e560158 | 502 | |
5d2fc913 | 503 | `git push origin :experimental`:: |
17507832 AM |
504 | Find a ref that matches `experimental` in the `origin` repository |
505 | (e.g. `refs/heads/experimental`), and delete it. | |
506 | ||
6cf378f0 | 507 | `git push origin +dev:master`:: |
149f6ddf | 508 | Update the origin repository's master branch with the dev branch, |
a75d7b54 | 509 | allowing non-fast-forward updates. *This can leave unreferenced |
149f6ddf | 510 | commits dangling in the origin repository.* Consider the |
a75d7b54 | 511 | following situation, where a fast-forward is not possible: |
149f6ddf MB |
512 | + |
513 | ---- | |
514 | o---o---o---A---B origin/master | |
515 | \ | |
516 | X---Y---Z dev | |
517 | ---- | |
518 | + | |
519 | The above command would change the origin repository to | |
520 | + | |
521 | ---- | |
522 | A---B (unnamed branch) | |
523 | / | |
524 | o---o---o---X---Y---Z master | |
525 | ---- | |
526 | + | |
527 | Commits A and B would no longer belong to a branch with a symbolic name, | |
528 | and so would be unreachable. As such, these commits would be removed by | |
529 | a `git gc` command on the origin repository. | |
530 | ||
7fc9d69f JH |
531 | GIT |
532 | --- | |
9e1f0a85 | 533 | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |