SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-send-pack' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...]
+'git send-pack' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...]
DESCRIPTION
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-Usually you would want to use linkgit:git-push[1] which is a
-higher level wrapper of this command instead.
+Usually you would want to use `git-push`, which is a
+higher-level wrapper of this command, instead. See linkgit:git-push[1].
-Invokes 'git-receive-pack' on a possibly remote repository, and
+Invokes `git-receive-pack` on a possibly remote repository, and
updates it from the current repository, sending named refs.
OPTIONS
-------
--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>::
- Path to the 'git-receive-pack' program on the remote
+ Path to the `git-receive-pack` program on the remote
end. Sometimes useful when pushing to a remote
repository over ssh, and you do not have the program in
a directory on the default $PATH.
<host>::
A remote host to house the repository. When this
- part is specified, 'git-receive-pack' is invoked via
+ part is specified, `git-receive-pack` is invoked via
ssh.
<directory>::
pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source
side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the
destination side. The rules used to match a ref are the same
-rules used by linkgit:git-rev-parse[1] to resolve a symbolic ref
-name.
+rules used by `git-rev-parse` to resolve a symbolic ref
+name. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
- It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
local refs.