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NAME top

   git-send-pack - Push objects over Git protocol to another
   repository

SYNOPSIS top

   _git send-pack_ [--mirror] [--dry-run] [--force]
                   [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
                   [--verbose] [--thin] [--atomic]
                   [--[no-]signed | --signed=(true|false|if-asked)]
                   [<host>:]<directory> (--all | <ref>...)

DESCRIPTION top

   Usually you would want to use _git push_, which is a higher-level
   wrapper of this command, instead. See [git-push(1)](../man1/git-push.1.html).

   Invokes _git-receive-pack_ on a possibly remote repository, and
   updates it from the current repository, sending named refs.

OPTIONS top

   --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>
       Path to the _git-receive-pack_ program on the remote end.
       Sometimes useful when pushing to a remote repository over ssh,
       and you do not have the program in a directory on the default
       $PATH.

   --exec=<git-receive-pack>
       Same as --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>.

   --all
       Instead of explicitly specifying which refs to update, update
       all heads that locally exist.

   --stdin
       Take the list of refs from stdin, one per line. If there are
       refs specified on the command line in addition to this option,
       then the refs from stdin are processed after those on the
       command line.

       If **--stateless-rpc** is specified together with this option then
       the list of refs must be in packet format (pkt-line). Each ref
       must be in a separate packet, and the list must end with a
       flush packet.

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

   --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. This means that the remote repository
       can lose commits; use it with care.

   --verbose
       Run verbosely.

   --thin
       Send a "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form
       based on objects not included in the pack to reduce network
       traffic.

   --atomic
       Use an atomic transaction for updating the refs. If any of the
       refs fails to update then the entire push will fail without
       changing any refs.

   --[no-]signed, --signed=(true|false|if-asked)
       GPG-sign the push request to update refs on the receiving
       side, to allow it to be checked by the hooks and/or be logged.
       If **false** or **--no-signed**, no signing will be attempted. If **true**
       or **--signed**, the push will fail if the server does not support
       signed pushes. If set to **if-asked**, sign if and only if the
       server supports signed pushes. The push will also fail if the
       actual call to **gpg --sign** fails. See [git-receive-pack(1)](../man1/git-receive-pack.1.html) for
       the details on the receiving end.

   --push-option=<string>
       Pass the specified string as a push option for consumption by
       hooks on the server side. If the server doesn’t support push
       options, error out. See [git-push(1)](../man1/git-push.1.html) and [githooks(5)](../man5/githooks.5.html) for
       details.

   <host>
       A remote host to house the repository. When this part is
       specified, _git-receive-pack_ is invoked via ssh.

   <directory>
       The repository to update.

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

SPECIFYING THE REFS top

   There are three ways to specify which refs to update on the remote
   end.

   With the **--all** flag, all refs that exist locally are transferred
   to the remote side. You cannot specify any _<ref>_ if you use this
   flag.

   Without **--all** and without any _<ref>_, the heads that exist both on
   the local side and on the remote side are updated.

   When one or more _<ref>_ are specified explicitly (whether on the
   command line or via **--stdin**), it 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 shorthand for _<name>:<name>_.

   Each pattern pair 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.
   The rules used to match a ref are the same rules used by _git_
   _rev-parse_ to resolve a symbolic ref name. See [git-rev-parse(1)](../man1/git-rev-parse.1.html).

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

   •   It is an error if <dst> matches more than one remote ref.

   •   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 the "fast-forward check",
   is performed to avoid accidentally overwriting the remote ref and
   losing other people’s 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

   Part of the [git(1)](../man1/git.1.html) suite

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