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NAME

6       git-send-pack - Push objects over Git protocol to another repository
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SYNOPSIS

9       git send-pack [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
10                       [--verbose] [--thin] [--atomic]
11                       [--[no-]signed|--signed=(true|false|if-asked)]
12                       [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...]
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DESCRIPTION

15       Usually you would want to use git push, which is a higher-level wrapper
16       of this command, instead. See git-push(1).
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18       Invokes git-receive-pack on a possibly remote repository, and updates
19       it from the current repository, sending named refs.
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OPTIONS

22       --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>
23           Path to the git-receive-pack program on the remote end. Sometimes
24           useful when pushing to a remote repository over ssh, and you do not
25           have the program in a directory on the default $PATH.
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27       --exec=<git-receive-pack>
28           Same as --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>.
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30       --all
31           Instead of explicitly specifying which refs to update, update all
32           heads that locally exist.
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34       --stdin
35           Take the list of refs from stdin, one per line. If there are refs
36           specified on the command line in addition to this option, then the
37           refs from stdin are processed after those on the command line.
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39           If --stateless-rpc is specified together with this option then the
40           list of refs must be in packet format (pkt-line). Each ref must be
41           in a separate packet, and the list must end with a flush packet.
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43       --dry-run
44           Do everything except actually send the updates.
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46       --force
47           Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that is not an
48           ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it. This flag disables
49           the check. What this means is that the remote repository can lose
50           commits; use it with care.
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52       --verbose
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55       --thin
56           Send a "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based
57           on objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic.
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60           Use an atomic transaction for updating the refs. If any of the refs
61           fails to update then the entire push will fail without changing any
62           refs.
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64       --[no-]signed, --signed=(true|false|if-asked)
65           GPG-sign the push request to update refs on the receiving side, to
66           allow it to be checked by the hooks and/or be logged. If false or
67           --no-signed, no signing will be attempted. If true or --signed, the
68           push will fail if the server does not support signed pushes. If set
69           to if-asked, sign if and only if the server supports signed pushes.
70           The push will also fail if the actual call to gpg --sign fails. See
71           git-receive-pack(1) for the details on the receiving end.
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73       --push-option=<string>
74           Pass the specified string as a push option for consumption by hooks
75           on the server side. If the server doesn’t support push options,
76           error out. See git-push(1) and githooks(5) for details.
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78       <host>
79           A remote host to house the repository. When this part is specified,
80           git-receive-pack is invoked via ssh.
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82       <directory>
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86           The remote refs to update.
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SPECIFYING THE REFS

89       There are three ways to specify which refs to update on the remote end.
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91       With --all flag, all refs that exist locally are transferred to the
92       remote side. You cannot specify any <ref> if you use this flag.
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94       Without --all and without any <ref>, the heads that exist both on the
95       local side and on the remote side are updated.
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97       When one or more <ref> are specified explicitly (whether on the command
98       line or via --stdin), it can be either a single pattern, or a pair of
99       such pattern separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name
100       cannot have a colon in it). A single pattern <name> is just a shorthand
101       for <name>:<name>.
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103       Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon) and
104       the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be pushed is
105       determined by finding a match that matches the source side, and where
106       it is pushed is determined by using the destination side. The rules
107       used to match a ref are the same rules used by git rev-parse to resolve
108       a symbolic ref name. See git-rev-parse(1).
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110       •   It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the local
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113       •   It is an error if <dst> matches more than one remote refs.
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117           •   it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the destination
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120           •   <src> == <dst> and the ref that matched the <src> must not
121               exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched <src> locally
122               is used as the name of the destination.
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124       Without --force, the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if <dst>
125       does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an ancestor) of
126       <src>. This check, known as "fast-forward check", is performed in order
127       to avoid accidentally overwriting the remote ref and lose other
128       peoples' commits from there.
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130       With --force, the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs.
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132       Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus + sign to
133       disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.
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GIT

136       Part of the git(1) suite
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