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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] [--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--verbose::
  34        Report the list of objects being walked locally and the
  35        list of objects successfully sent to the remote repository.
  36
  37-d, -D::
  38        Remove <ref> from remote repository.  The specified branch
  39        cannot be the remote HEAD.  If -d is specified the following
  40        other conditions must also be met:
  41
  42        - Remote HEAD must resolve to an object that exists locally
  43        - Specified branch resolves to an object that exists locally
  44        - Specified branch is an ancestor of the remote HEAD
  45
  46<ref>...::
  47        The remote refs to update.
  48
  49
  50Specifying the Refs
  51-------------------
  52
  53A '<ref>' specification can be either a single pattern, or a pair
  54of such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name
  55cannot have a colon in it).  A single pattern '<name>' is just a 
  56shorthand for '<name>:<name>'.
  57
  58Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon)
  59and the destination side (after the colon).  The ref to be
  60pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source
  61side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the
  62destination side.
  63
  64 - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
  65   local refs.
  66
  67 - If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either
  68
  69   * it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the
  70     destination literally in this case.
  71
  72   * <src> == <dst> and the ref that matched the <src> must not
  73     exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched <src>
  74     locally is used as the name of the destination.
  75
  76Without '--force', the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if
  77<dst> does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an
  78ancestor) of <src>.  This check, known as "fast forward check",
  79is performed in order to avoid accidentally overwriting the
  80remote ref and lose other peoples' commits from there.
  81
  82With '--force', the fast forward check is disabled for all refs.
  83
  84Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign
  85to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.
  86
  87
  88Author
  89------
  90Written by Nick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com>
  91
  92Documentation
  93--------------
  94Documentation by Nick Hengeveld
  95
  96GIT
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  98Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite