[PATCH v3 08/10] doc: git-http-push: describe the refs as pattern pairs
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From: Jean-Noël Avila <hidden>
Date: 2021-11-06 18:49:58
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documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Each member of the pair is explained but they are not defined beforehand. Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <redacted> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <redacted> --- Documentation/git-http-push.txt | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
index 78f2bb7552..7c6a6dd7f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt@@ -63,16 +63,15 @@ of such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name cannot have a colon in it). A single pattern '<name>' is just a shorthand for '<name>:<name>'. -Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon) -and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be -pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source -side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the -destination side. +Each pattern pair '<src>:<dst>' consists of the source side (before +the colon) and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be +pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source side, +and where it is pushed is determined by using the destination side. - - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the + - It is an error if '<src>' does not match exactly one of the local refs. - - If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either + - If '<dst>' does not match any remote ref, either * it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the destination literally in this case.
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