Merge branch 'jn/gitweb-utf8'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 050c3ddae2732fdf4cb9f3b0f798e3d2d190fa4e..6150b1b959e17655a2875d39ec3b70449684a0eb 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-push - Update remote refs along with associated objects
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
-          [--repo=all] [-f | --force] [-v | --verbose]
+'git push' [--all | --mirror] [--dry-run] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
+          [--repo=<repository>] [-f | --force] [-v | --verbose]
           [<repository> <refspec>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ OPTIONS
        operation.  See the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below.
 
 <refspec>...::
-       The canonical format of each <refspec> parameter is
-       `+?<src>:<dst>`; that is, an optional plus `+`, followed
+       The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is
+       `+?<src>:<dst>`; that is, an optional plus `{plus}`, followed
        by the source ref, followed by a colon `:`, followed by
        the destination ref.
 +
@@ -101,9 +101,23 @@ nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below).
        This flag disables the check.  This can cause the
        remote repository to lose commits; use it with care.
 
---repo=<repo>::
-       When no repository is specified the command defaults to
-       "origin"; this overrides it.
+--repo=<repository>::
+       This option is only relevant if no <repository> argument is
+       passed in the invocation. In this case, 'git-push' derives the
+       remote name from the current branch: If it tracks a remote
+       branch, then that remote repository is pushed to. Otherwise,
+       the name "origin" is used. For this latter case, this option
+       can be used to override the name "origin". In other words,
+       the difference between these two commands
++
+--------------------------
+git push public         #1
+git push --repo=public  #2
+--------------------------
++
+is that #1 always pushes to "public" whereas #2 pushes to "public"
+only if the current branch does not track a remote branch. This is
+useful if you write an alias or script around 'git-push'.
 
 --thin::
 --no-thin::