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   1git-http-push(1)
   2================
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6git-http-push - Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository
   7
   8
   9SYNOPSIS
  10--------
  11'git-http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>...]
  12
  13DESCRIPTION
  14-----------
  15Sends missing objects to remote repository, and updates the
  16remote branch.
  17
  18*NOTE*: This command is temporarily disabled if your cURL
  19library is older than 7.16, as the combination has been reported
  20not to work and sometimes corrupts repository.
  21
  22OPTIONS
  23-------
  24--all::
  25        Do not assume that the remote repository is complete in its
  26        current state, and verify all objects in the entire local
  27        ref's history exist in the remote repository.
  28
  29--force::
  30        Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that
  31        is not an ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it.
  32        This flag disables the check.  What this means is that
  33        the remote repository can lose commits; use it with
  34        care.
  35
  36--dry-run::
  37        Do everything except actually send the updates.
  38
  39--verbose::
  40        Report the list of objects being walked locally and the
  41        list of objects successfully sent to the remote repository.
  42
  43-d, -D::
  44        Remove <ref> from remote repository.  The specified branch
  45        cannot be the remote HEAD.  If -d is specified the following
  46        other conditions must also be met:
  47
  48        - Remote HEAD must resolve to an object that exists locally
  49        - Specified branch resolves to an object that exists locally
  50        - Specified branch is an ancestor of the remote HEAD
  51
  52<ref>...::
  53        The remote refs to update.
  54
  55
  56Specifying the Refs
  57-------------------
  58
  59A '<ref>' specification can be either a single pattern, or a pair
  60of such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name
  61cannot have a colon in it).  A single pattern '<name>' is just a
  62shorthand for '<name>:<name>'.
  63
  64Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon)
  65and the destination side (after the colon).  The ref to be
  66pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source
  67side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the
  68destination side.
  69
  70 - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
  71   local refs.
  72
  73 - If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either
  74
  75   * it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the
  76     destination literally in this case.
  77
  78   * <src> == <dst> and the ref that matched the <src> must not
  79     exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched <src>
  80     locally is used as the name of the destination.
  81
  82Without '--force', the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if
  83<dst> does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an
  84ancestor) of <src>.  This check, known as "fast forward check",
  85is performed in order to avoid accidentally overwriting the
  86remote ref and lose other peoples' commits from there.
  87
  88With '--force', the fast forward check is disabled for all refs.
  89
  90Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign
  91to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.
  92
  93
  94Author
  95------
  96Written by Nick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com>
  97
  98Documentation
  99--------------
 100Documentation by Nick Hengeveld
 101
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