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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
  19OPTIONS
  20-------
  21--all::
  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--dry-run::
  34        Do everything except actually send the updates.
  35
  36--verbose::
  37        Report the list of objects being walked locally and the
  38        list of objects successfully sent to the remote repository.
  39
  40-d, -D::
  41        Remove <ref> from remote repository.  The specified branch
  42        cannot be the remote HEAD.  If -d is specified the following
  43        other conditions must also be met:
  44
  45        - Remote HEAD must resolve to an object that exists locally
  46        - Specified branch resolves to an object that exists locally
  47        - Specified branch is an ancestor of the remote HEAD
  48
  49<ref>...::
  50        The remote refs to update.
  51
  52
  53Specifying the Refs
  54-------------------
  55
  56A '<ref>' specification can be either a single pattern, or a pair
  57of such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name
  58cannot have a colon in it).  A single pattern '<name>' is just a
  59shorthand for '<name>:<name>'.
  60
  61Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon)
  62and the destination side (after the colon).  The ref to be
  63pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source
  64side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the
  65destination side.
  66
  67 - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
  68   local refs.
  69
  70 - If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either
  71
  72   * it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the
  73     destination literally in this case.
  74
  75   * <src> == <dst> and the ref that matched the <src> must not
  76     exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched <src>
  77     locally is used as the name of the destination.
  78
  79Without '--force', the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if
  80<dst> does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an
  81ancestor) of <src>.  This check, known as "fast forward check",
  82is performed in order to avoid accidentally overwriting the
  83remote ref and lose other peoples' commits from there.
  84
  85With '--force', the fast forward check is disabled for all refs.
  86
  87Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign
  88to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.
  89
  90
  91Author
  92------
  93Written by Nick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com>
  94
  95Documentation
  96--------------
  97Documentation by Nick Hengeveld
  98
  99GIT
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