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authorShawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>2008-06-20 23:25:25 -0400
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-06-21 00:02:45 -0700
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Correct documentation for git-push --mirror
This option behaves more like: git push $url +refs/*:refs/* than it does like: git push $url +refs/heads/*:refs/heads/* +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/* so we should document it to be more clear about that. Suggested-by: Marek Zawirski <marek.zawirski@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below).
--mirror::
Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all
- refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/` and `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/`
+ refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs/` (which includes but is not
+ limited to `refs/heads/`, `refs/remotes/`, and `refs/tags/`)
be mirrored to the remote repository. Newly created local
refs will be pushed to the remote end, locally updated refs
will be force updated on the remote end, and deleted refs