[PATCH] Include a git-push example for creating a remote branch
From: Shawn O. Pearce <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:43:33
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Many users get confused when `git push origin master:foo` works when foo already exists on the remote repository but are confused when foo doesn't exist as a branch and this form does not create the branch foo. This new example highlights the trick of including refs/heads/ in front of the desired branch name to create a branch. Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <redacted> --- Documentation/git-push.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 0dd9caf..7b8e075 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ git push origin master:satellite/master:: 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 usually + needed to create a new branch in the remote repository as + there is no `experimental` branch to match. + Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, later rewritten in C
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