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NAME top

   git-http-push - Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository

SYNOPSIS top

   _git http-push_ [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <URL> <ref> [<ref>...]

DESCRIPTION top

   Sends missing objects to the remote repository, and updates the
   remote branch.

   **NOTE**: This command is temporarily disabled if your libcurl is
   older than 7.16, as the combination has been reported not to work
   and sometimes corrupts the repository.

OPTIONS top

   --all
       Do not assume that the remote repository is complete in its
       current state, and verify all objects in the entire local
       ref’s history exist in the remote repository.

   --force
       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. What this means is that the remote
       repository can lose commits; use it with care.

   --dry-run
       Do everything except actually send the updates.

   --verbose
       Report the list of objects being walked locally and the list
       of objects successfully sent to the remote repository.

   -d, -D
       Remove <ref> from remote repository. The specified branch
       cannot be the remote HEAD. If -d is specified, the following
       other conditions must also be met:

       •   Remote HEAD must resolve to an object that exists locally

       •   Specified branch resolves to an object that exists locally

       •   Specified branch is an ancestor of the remote HEAD

   <ref>...
       The remote refs to update.

SPECIFYING THE REFS top

   A _<ref>_ specification 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 _<name>_ is just a
   shorthand for _<name>:<name>_.

   Each pattern pair _<src>:<dst>_ 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.

   •   It is an error if _<src>_ does not match exactly one of the
       local refs.

   •   If _<dst>_ does not match any remote ref, either

       •   it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the
           destination literally in this case.

       •   <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.

   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 to avoid accidentally overwriting the remote ref and
   losing other peoples’ commits from there.

   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.

GIT top

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