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6 git-send-pack - Push objects over Git protocol to another repository
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9 git send-pack [--mirror] [--dry-run] [--force]
10 [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
11 [--verbose] [--thin] [--atomic]
12 [--[no-]signed | --signed=(true|false|if-asked)]
13 [<host>:]<directory> (--all | <ref>...)
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16 Usually you would want to use git push, which is a higher-level wrapper
17 of this command, instead. See git-push(1).
18 Invokes git-receive-pack on a possibly remote repository, and updates
20 it from the current repository, sending named refs.
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23 --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>
24 Path to the git-receive-pack program on the remote end. Sometimes
25 useful when pushing to a remote repository over ssh, and you do not
26 have the program in a directory on the default $PATH.
27 --exec=<git-receive-pack>
29 Same as --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>.
30 --all
32 Instead of explicitly specifying which refs to update, update all
33 heads that locally exist.
34 --stdin
36 Take the list of refs from stdin, one per line. If there are refs
37 specified on the command line in addition to this option, then the
38 refs from stdin are processed after those on the command line.
39 If --stateless-rpc is specified together with this option then the
41 list of refs must be in packet format (pkt-line). Each ref must be
42 in a separate packet, and the list must end with a flush packet.
43 --dry-run
45 Do everything except actually send the updates.
46 --force
48 Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that is not an
49 ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it. This flag disables
50 the check. This means that the remote repository can lose commits;
51 use it with care.
52 --verbose
54 Run verbosely.
55 --thin
57 Send a "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based
58 on objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic.
59 --atomic
61 Use an atomic transaction for updating the refs. If any of the refs
62 fails to update then the entire push will fail without changing any
63 refs.
64 --[no-]signed, --signed=(true|false|if-asked)
66 GPG-sign the push request to update refs on the receiving side, to
67 allow it to be checked by the hooks and/or be logged. If false or
68 --no-signed, no signing will be attempted. If true or --signed, the
69 push will fail if the server does not support signed pushes. If set
70 to if-asked, sign if and only if the server supports signed pushes.
71 The push will also fail if the actual call to gpg --sign fails. See
72 git-receive-pack(1) for the details on the receiving end.
73 --push-option=<string>
75 Pass the specified string as a push option for consumption by hooks
76 on the server side. If the server doesn’t support push options,
77 error out. See git-push(1) and githooks(5) for details.
78 <host>
80 A remote host to house the repository. When this part is specified,
81 git-receive-pack is invoked via ssh.
82 <directory>
84 The repository to update.
85 <ref>...
87 The remote refs to update.
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90 There are three ways to specify which refs to update on the remote end.
91 With the --all flag, all refs that exist locally are transferred to the
93 remote side. You cannot specify any <ref> if you use this flag.
94 Without --all and without any <ref>, the heads that exist both on the
96 local side and on the remote side are updated.
97 When one or more <ref> are specified explicitly (whether on the command
99 line or via --stdin), it can be either a single pattern, or a pair of
100 such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name
101 cannot have a colon in it). A single pattern <name> is just shorthand
102 for <name>:<name>.
103 Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon) and
105 the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be pushed is
106 determined by finding a match that matches the source side, and where
107 it is pushed is determined by using the destination side. The rules
108 used to match a ref are the same rules used by git rev-parse to resolve
109 a symbolic ref name. See git-rev-parse(1).
110 • It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the local
112 refs.
113 • It is an error if <dst> matches more than one remote ref.
115 • If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either
117 • it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the destination
119 literally in this case.
120 • <src> == <dst> and the ref that matched the <src> must not
122 exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched <src> locally
123 is used as the name of the destination.
124 Without --force, the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if <dst>
126 does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an ancestor) of
127 <src>. This check, known as the "fast-forward check", is performed to
128 avoid accidentally overwriting the remote ref and losing other people’s
129 commits from there.
130 With --force, the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs.
132 Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus + sign to
134 disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.
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137 Part of the git(1) suite
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