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31 git-send-pack \- Push objects over Git protocol to another repository
35 \fIgit send\-pack\fR [\-\-mirror] [\-\-dry\-run] [\-\-force]
36 [\-\-receive\-pack=<git\-receive\-pack>]
37 [\-\-verbose] [\-\-thin] [\-\-atomic]
38 [\-\-[no\-]signed | \-\-signed=(true|false|if\-asked)]
39 [<host>:]<directory> (\-\-all | <ref>\&...\:)
43 Usually you would want to use \fIgit push\fR, which is a higher\-level wrapper of this command, instead\&. See \fBgit-push\fR(1)\&.
45 Invokes \fIgit\-receive\-pack\fR on a possibly remote repository, and updates it from the current repository, sending named refs\&.
48 \-\-receive\-pack=<git\-receive\-pack>
51 \fIgit\-receive\-pack\fR
52 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\&.
55 \-\-exec=<git\-receive\-pack>
57 Same as \-\-receive\-pack=<git\-receive\-pack>\&.
62 Instead of explicitly specifying which refs to update, update all heads that locally exist\&.
67 Take the list of refs from stdin, one per line\&. If there are refs specified on the command line in addition to this option, then the refs from stdin are processed after those on the command line\&.
70 \fB\-\-stateless\-rpc\fR
71 is specified together with this option then the list of refs must be in packet format (pkt\-line)\&. Each ref must be in a separate packet, and the list must end with a flush packet\&.
76 Do everything except actually send the updates\&.
81 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 means that the remote repository can lose commits; use it with care\&.
91 Send a "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based on objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic\&.
96 Use an atomic transaction for updating the refs\&. If any of the refs fails to update then the entire push will fail without changing any refs\&.
99 \-\-[no\-]signed, \-\-signed=(true|false|if\-asked)
101 GPG\-sign the push request to update refs on the receiving side, to allow it to be checked by the hooks and/or be logged\&. If
104 \fB\-\-no\-signed\fR, no signing will be attempted\&. If
107 \fB\-\-signed\fR, the push will fail if the server does not support signed pushes\&. If set to
108 \fBif\-asked\fR, sign if and only if the server supports signed pushes\&. The push will also fail if the actual call to
111 \fBgit-receive-pack\fR(1)
112 for the details on the receiving end\&.
115 \-\-push\-option=<string>
117 Pass the specified string as a push option for consumption by hooks on the server side\&. If the server doesn\(cqt support push options, error out\&. See
126 A remote host to house the repository\&. When this part is specified,
127 \fIgit\-receive\-pack\fR
128 is invoked via ssh\&.
133 The repository to update\&.
138 The remote refs to update\&.
140 .SH "SPECIFYING THE REFS"
142 There are three ways to specify which refs to update on the remote end\&.
144 With the \fB\-\-all\fR flag, all refs that exist locally are transferred to the remote side\&. You cannot specify any \fI<ref>\fR if you use this flag\&.
146 Without \fB\-\-all\fR and without any \fI<ref>\fR, the heads that exist both on the local side and on the remote side are updated\&.
148 When one or more \fI<ref>\fR are specified explicitly (whether on the command line or via \fB\-\-stdin\fR), it can be either a single pattern, or a pair of such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name cannot have a colon in it)\&. A single pattern \fI<name>\fR is just shorthand for \fI<name>:<name>\fR\&.
150 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\&. The rules used to match a ref are the same rules used by \fIgit rev\-parse\fR to resolve a symbolic ref name\&. See \fBgit-rev-parse\fR(1)\&.
160 It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the local refs\&.
171 It is an error if <dst> matches more than one remote ref\&.
182 If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either
192 it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the destination literally in this case\&.
203 <src> == <dst> and the ref that matched the <src> must not exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched <src> locally is used as the name of the destination\&.
207 Without \fB\-\-force\fR, the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if <dst> does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i\&.e\&. an ancestor) of <src>\&. This check, known as the "fast\-forward check", is performed to avoid accidentally overwriting the remote ref and losing other people\(cqs commits from there\&.
209 With \fB\-\-force\fR, the fast\-forward check is disabled for all refs\&.
211 Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus \fI+\fR sign to disable the fast\-forward check only on that ref\&.
214 Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite