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@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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-Updates remote refs using local refs, while sending objects
-necessary to complete the given refs.
-
-You can make interesting things happen to a repository
-every time you push into it, by setting up 'hooks' there. See
-documentation for linkgit:git-receive-pack[1].
+Updates one or more branches, tags, or other references in a remote
+repository from your local repository, and sends all necessary data
+that isn't already on the remote.
When the command line does not specify where to push with the
`<repository>` argument, `branch.*.remote` configuration for the
@@ -44,6 +41,10 @@ corresponding upstream branch, but as a safety measure, the push is
aborted if the upstream branch does not have the same name as the
local one.
+You can make interesting things happen to a repository
+every time you push into it, by setting up 'hooks' there. See
+documentation for linkgit:git-receive-pack[1].
+
OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]]
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