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   1git-http-push(1)
   2================
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6git-http-push - Push missing objects using HTTP/DAV
   7
   8
   9SYNOPSIS
  10--------
  11'git-http-push' [--complete] [--force] [--verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>...]
  12
  13DESCRIPTION
  14-----------
  15Sends missing objects to remote repository, and updates the
  16remote branch.
  17
  18
  19OPTIONS
  20-------
  21--complete::
  22        Do not assume that the remote repository is complete in its
  23        current state, and verify all objects in the entire local
  24        ref's history exist in the remote repository.
  25
  26--force::
  27        Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that
  28        is not an ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it.
  29        This flag disables the check.  What this means is that
  30        the remote repository can lose commits; use it with
  31        care.
  32
  33--verbose::
  34        Report the list of objects being walked locally and the
  35        list of objects successfully sent to the remote repository.
  36
  37<ref>...:
  38        The remote refs to update.
  39
  40
  41Specifying the Refs
  42-------------------
  43
  44A '<ref>' specification can be either a single pattern, or a pair
  45of such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name
  46cannot have a colon in it).  A single pattern '<name>' is just a 
  47shorthand for '<name>:<name>'.
  48
  49Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon)
  50and the destination side (after the colon).  The ref to be
  51pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source
  52side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the
  53destination side.
  54
  55 - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
  56   local refs.
  57
  58 - If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either
  59
  60   * it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the
  61     destination literally in this case.
  62
  63   * <src> == <dst> and the ref that matched the <src> must not
  64     exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched <src>
  65     locally is used as the name of the destination.
  66
  67Without '--force', the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if
  68<dst> does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an
  69ancestor) of <src>.  This check, known as "fast forward check",
  70is performed in order to avoid accidentally overwriting the
  71remote ref and lose other peoples' commits from there.
  72
  73With '--force', the fast forward check is disabled for all refs.
  74
  75Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign
  76to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.
  77
  78
  79Author
  80------
  81Written by Nick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com>
  82
  83Documentation
  84--------------
  85Documentation by Nick Hengeveld
  86
  87GIT
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  89Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite