+
`tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`.
+
-A parameter <ref> without a colon is equivalent to
-<ref>`:`<ref>, hence updates <ref> in the destination from <ref>
-in the source.
+A parameter <ref> without a colon pushes the <ref> from the source
+repository to the destination repository under the same name.
+
Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from
the remote repository.
include::urls.txt[]
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+git push origin master::
+ Find a ref that matches `master` in the source repository
+ (most likely, it would find `refs/heads/master`), and update
+ the same ref (e.g. `refs/heads/master`) in `origin` repository
+ with it.
+
+git push origin :experimental::
+ Find a ref that matches `experimental` in the `origin` repository
+ (e.g. `refs/heads/experimental`), and delete it.
+
+git push origin master:satellite/master::
+ Find a ref that matches `master` in the source repository
+ (most likely, it would find `refs/heads/master`), and update
+ the ref that matches `satellite/master` (most likely, it would
+ be `refs/remotes/satellite/master`) in `origin` repository with it.
+
Author
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Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, later rewritten in C
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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