From: Jean-Noël Avila Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2021 18:48:56 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: git-http-push: describe the refs as pattern pairs X-Git-Tag: v2.35.0-rc0~122^2~2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6ae7e8835359edc2e740572dabc3f1efd9b179cd;p=thirdparty%2Fgit.git doc: git-http-push: describe the refs as pattern pairs Each member of the pair is explained but they are not defined beforehand. Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt index 78f2bb7552..7c6a6dd7f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt @@ -63,16 +63,15 @@ of such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name cannot have a colon in it). A single pattern '' is just a shorthand for ':'. -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. +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. - - It is an error if does not match exactly one of the + - It is an error if '' does not match exactly one of the local refs. - - If does not match any remote ref, either + - If '' does not match any remote ref, either * it has to start with "refs/"; is used as the destination literally in this case.