Without '--all' and without any '<ref>', the refs that exist
both on the local side and on the remote side are updated.
-When '<ref>'s are specified explicitly, it can be either a
+When one or more '<ref>' are specified explicitly, it can be either a
single pattern, or a pair of such pattern separated by a colon
-':' (this means that a ref name cannot have a colon in it). A
+":" (this means that a ref name cannot have a colon in it). A
single pattern '<name>' is just a shorthand for '<name>:<name>'.
Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon)
- If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either
- - it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the
+ * it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the
destination literally in this case.
- - <src> == <dst> and the ref that matched the <src> must not
+ * <src> == <dst> and the ref that matched the <src> must not
exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched <src>
locally is used as the name of the destination.
GIT
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-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite