Provided by:
git-core_1.5.6.3-1.1ubuntu2_i386 
NAME
git-push - Update remote refs along with associated objects
SYNOPSIS
git-push [--all] [--dry-run] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
[--repo=all] [-f | --force] [-v | --verbose] [<repository> <refspec>...]
DESCRIPTION
Updates remote refs using local refs, while sending objects necessary
to complete the given refs.
You can make interesting things happen to a repository every time you
push into it, by setting up hooks there. See documentation for git-
receive-pack(1).
OPTIONS
<repository>
The "remote" repository that is destination of a push operation.
See the section GIT URLS below.
<refspec>
The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is +?<src>:<dst>;
that is, an optional plus +, followed by the source ref, followed
by a colon :, followed by the destination ref.
The <src> side represents the source branch (or arbitrary "SHA1
expression", such as master~4 (four parents before the tip of
master branch); see git-rev-parse(1)) that you want to push. The
<dst> side represents the destination location.
The local ref that matches <src> is used to fast forward the remote
ref that matches <dst> (or, if no <dst> was specified, the same ref
that <src> referred to locally). If the optional leading plus + is
used, the remote ref is updated even if it does not result in a
fast forward update.
tag <tag> means the same as refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>.
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.
The special refspec : (or +: to allow non-fast forward updates)
directs git to push "matching" heads: for every head that exists on
the local side, the remote side is updated if a head of the same
name already exists on the remote side. This is the default
operation mode if no explicit refspec is found (that is neither on
the command line nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes
file---see below).
--all
Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all refs under
$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/ be pushed.
--mirror
Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all refs under
$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/ and $GIT_DIR/refs/tags/ be mirrored to the
remote repository. Newly created local refs will be pushed to the
remote end, locally updated refs will be force updated on the
remote end, and deleted refs will be removed from the remote end.
This is the default if the configuration option
remote.<remote>.mirror is set.
--dry-run
Do everything except actually send the updates.
--tags
All refs under $GIT_DIR/refs/tags are pushed, in addition to
refspecs explicitly listed on the command line.
--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>
Same as --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>.
-f, --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. This can cause the remote repository to lose commits;
use it with care.
--repo=<repo>
When no repository is specified the command defaults to "origin";
this overrides it.
--thin, --no-thin
These options are passed to git-send-pack. Thin transfer spends
extra cycles to minimize the number of objects to be sent and meant
to be used on slower connection.
-v, --verbose
Run verbosely.
GIT URLS
One of the following notations can be used to name the remote
repository:
· rsync://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
· http://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
· https://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
· git://host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
· git://host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/
· ssh://[user@]host.xz[:port]/path/to/repo.git/
· ssh://[user@]host.xz/path/to/repo.git/
· ssh://[user@]host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git/
· ssh://[user@]host.xz/~/path/to/repo.git
SSH is the default transport protocol over the network. You can
optionally specify which user to log-in as, and an alternate, scp-like
syntax is also supported. Both syntaxes support username expansion, as
does the native git protocol, but only the former supports port
specification. The following three are identical to the last three
above, respectively:
· [user@]host.xz:/path/to/repo.git/
· [user@]host.xz:~user/path/to/repo.git/
· [user@]host.xz:path/to/repo.git
To sync with a local directory, you can use:
· /path/to/repo.git/
· file:///path/to/repo.git/
They are mostly equivalent, except when cloning. See git-clone(1) for
details.
If there are a large number of similarly-named remote repositories and
you want to use a different format for them (such that the URLs you use
will be rewritten into URLs that work), you can create a configuration
section of the form:
[url "<actual url base>"]
insteadOf = <other url base>
For example, with this:
[url "git://git.host.xz/"]
insteadOf = host.xz:/path/to/
insteadOf = work:
a URL like "work:repo.git" or like "host.xz:/path/to/repo.git" will be
rewritten in any context that takes a URL to be
"git://git.host.xz/repo.git".
REMOTES
The name of one of the following can be used instead of a URL as
<repository> argument:
· a remote in the git configuration file: $GIT_DIR/config,
· a file in the $GIT_DIR/remotes directory, or
· a file in the $GIT_DIR/branches directory.
All of these also allow you to omit the refspec from the command line
because they each contain a refspec which git will use by default.
Named remote in configuration file
You can choose to provide the name of a remote which you had previously
configured using git-remote(1), git-config(1) or even by a manual edit
to the $GIT_DIR/config file. The URL of this remote will be used to
access the repository. The refspec of this remote will be used by
default when you do not provide a refspec on the command line. The
entry in the config file would appear like this:
[remote "<name>"]
url = <url>
push = <refspec>
fetch = <refspec>
Named file in $GIT_DIR/remotes
You can choose to provide the name of a file in $GIT_DIR/remotes. The
URL in this file will be used to access the repository. The refspec in
this file will be used as default when you do not provide a refspec on
the command line. This file should have the following format:
URL: one of the above URL format
Push: <refspec>
Pull: <refspec>
Push: lines are used by git-push and Pull: lines are used by git-pull
and git-fetch. Multiple Push: and Pull: lines may be specified for
additional branch mappings.
Named file in $GIT_DIR/branches
You can choose to provide the name of a file in $GIT_DIR/branches. The
URL in this file will be used to access the repository. This file
should have the following format:
<url>#<head>
<url> is required; #<head> is optional. When you do not provide a
refspec on the command line, git will use the following refspec, where
<head> defaults to master, and <repository> is the name of this file
you provided in the command line.
refs/heads/<head>:<repository>
OUTPUT
The output of "git push" depends on the transport method used; this
section describes the output when pushing over the git protocol (either
locally or via ssh).
The status of the push is output in tabular form, with each line
representing the status of a single ref. Each line is of the form:
<flag> <summary> <from> -> <to> (<reason>)
flag
A single character indicating the status of the ref. This is blank
for a successfully pushed ref, ! for a ref that was rejected or
failed to push, and = for a ref that was up to date and did not
need pushing (note that the status of up to date refs is shown only
when git push is running verbosely).
summary
For a successfully pushed ref, the summary shows the old and new
values of the ref in a form suitable for using as an argument to
git log (this is <old>..<new> in most cases, and <old>...<new> for
forced non-fast forward updates). For a failed update, more details
are given for the failure. The string rejected indicates that git
did not try to send the ref at all (typically because it is not a
fast forward). The string remote rejected indicates that the remote
end refused the update; this rejection is typically caused by a
hook on the remote side. The string remote failure indicates that
the remote end did not report the successful update of the ref
(perhaps because of a temporary error on the remote side, a break
in the network connection, or other transient error).
from
The name of the local ref being pushed, minus its refs/<type>/
prefix. In the case of deletion, the name of the local ref is
omitted.
to
The name of the remote ref being updated, minus its refs/<type>/
prefix.
reason
A human-readable explanation. In the case of successfully pushed
refs, no explanation is needed. For a failed ref, the reason for
failure is described.
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. If master
did not exist remotely, it would be created.
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.
git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental
Create the branch experimental in the origin repository by copying
the current master branch. This form is only needed to create a new
branch or tag in the remote repository when the local name and the
remote name are different; otherwise, the ref name on its own will
work.
AUTHOR
Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, later rewritten in C by
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
DOCUMENTATION
Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite