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
-----------
-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
updates it from the current repository, sending named refs.
OPTIONS
-------
-\--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>::
+--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>::
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.
-\--exec=<git-receive-pack>::
+--exec=<git-receive-pack>::
Same as \--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>.
-\--all::
+--all::
Instead of explicitly specifying which refs to update,
update all heads that locally exist.
-\--dry-run::
+--dry-run::
Do everything except actually send the updates.
-\--force::
+--force::
Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that
is not an ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it.
This flag disables the check. What this means is that
the remote repository can lose commits; use it with
care.
-\--verbose::
+--verbose::
Run verbosely.
-\--thin::
+--thin::
Spend extra cycles to minimize the number of objects to be sent.
Use it on slower connection.
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.
Without '--force', the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if
<dst> does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an
-ancestor) of <src>. This check, known as "fast forward check",
+ancestor) of <src>. This check, known as "fast-forward check",
is performed in order to avoid accidentally overwriting the
remote ref and lose other peoples' commits from there.
-With '--force', the fast forward check is disabled for all refs.
+With '--force', the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs.
Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign
to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.