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diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt index 2e67362bd4..ea03a4eeb0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ OPTIONS The remote refs to update. -Specifying the Refs +SPECIFYING THE REFS ------------------- A '<ref>' specification can be either a single pattern, or a pair @@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ destination side. exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched <src> locally is used as the name of the destination. -Without '--force', the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if +Without `--force`, 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 "fast-forward check", is performed in order to avoid accidentally overwriting the remote ref and lose other peoples' commits from there. -With '--force', the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs. +With `--force`, the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs. Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref. |