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Amend git-push refspec documentation

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These paragraphs are a little confusing.  Also, make it clearer when
you have to specify the full name for <dst>

Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Sam Vilain 2008-04-21 15:31:24 +12:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -35,14 +35,15 @@ OPTIONS
by the source ref, followed by a colon `:`, followed by
the destination ref.
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The <src> side can be an
arbitrary "SHA1 expression" that can be used as an
argument to `git-cat-file -t`. E.g. `master~4` (push
four parents before the current master head).
The <src> side represents the source branch (or arbitrary
"SHA1 expression", such as `master~4` (four parents before the
tip of `master` branch); see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]) that you
want to push. The <dst> side represents the destination location.
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The local ref that matches <src> is used
to fast forward the remote ref that matches <dst>. If
the optional plus `+` is used, the remote ref is updated
to fast forward the remote ref that matches <dst> (or, if no <dst> was
specified, the same ref that <src> referred to locally). If
the optional leading plus `+` is used, the remote ref is updated
even if it does not result in a fast forward update.
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Note: If no explicit refspec is found, (that is neither
@ -165,7 +166,8 @@ git push origin master::
Find a ref that matches `master` in the source repository
(most likely, it would find `refs/heads/master`), and update
the same ref (e.g. `refs/heads/master`) in `origin` repository
with it.
with it. If `master` did not exist remotely, it would be
created.
git push origin :experimental::
Find a ref that matches `experimental` in the `origin` repository
@ -179,9 +181,10 @@ git push origin master:satellite/master::
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.
by copying the current `master` branch. This form is only
needed to create a new branch or tag in the remote repository when
the local name and the remote name are different; otherwise,
the ref name on its own will work.
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