git-push: document removal of remote ref with :<dst> pathspec

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index d4ae99fa530a50fd354dc54004a7342afd693947..197f4b512fbcc969901034e47efa6acefdc5e0ac 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -49,12 +49,14 @@ corresponding remotes file---see below), then all the
 refs that exist both on the local side and on the remote
 side are updated.
 +
 refs that exist both on the local side and on the remote
 side are updated.
 +

-Some short-cut notations are also supported.
+`tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`.

 +
 +

-* `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 is equivalent to
+<ref>`:`<ref>, hence updates <ref> in the destination from <ref>
+in the source.
++
+Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from
+the remote repository.

 
 \--all::
        Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all
 
 \--all::
        Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all


@@ -75,7 +77,8 @@ include::urls.txt[]
 
 Author
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 Author
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-Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, later rewritten in C
+by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

 
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