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 <h1>
 git-send-pack(1) Manual Page
 </h1>
 <h2>NAME</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <p>git-send-pack -
  Push objects over git protocol to another repository
 </p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="verseblock">
 <div class="verseblock-content"><em>git send-pack</em> [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=&lt;git-receive-pack&gt;] [--quiet] [--verbose] [--thin] [&lt;host&gt;:]&lt;directory&gt; [&lt;ref&gt;&#8230;]</div>
 <div class="verseblock-attribution">
 </div></div>
 </div>
 <h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="paragraph"><p>Usually you would want to use <em>git push</em>, which is a
 higher-level wrapper of this command, instead. See <a href="git-push.html">git-push(1)</a>.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>Invokes <em>git-receive-pack</em> on a possibly remote repository, and
 updates it from the current repository, sending named refs.</p></div>
 </div>
 <h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="dlist"><dl>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --receive-pack=&lt;git-receive-pack&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Path to the <em>git-receive-pack</em> 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.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --exec=&lt;git-receive-pack&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Same as --receive-pack=&lt;git-receive-pack&gt;.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --all
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Instead of explicitly specifying which refs to update,
  update all heads that locally exist.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --dry-run
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Do everything except actually send the updates.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --force
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  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.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --quiet
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Print only error messages.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --verbose
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Run verbosely.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --thin
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Send a "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based
  on objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 &lt;host&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  A remote host to house the repository. When this
  part is specified, <em>git-receive-pack</em> is invoked via
  ssh.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 &lt;directory&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  The repository to update.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 &lt;ref&gt;&#8230;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  The remote refs to update.
 </p>
 </dd>
 </dl></div>
 </div>
 <h2 id="_specifying_the_refs">Specifying the Refs</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="paragraph"><p>There are three ways to specify which refs to update on the
 remote end.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>With <em>--all</em> flag, all refs that exist locally are transferred to
 the remote side. You cannot specify any <em>&lt;ref&gt;</em> if you use
 this flag.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>Without <em>--all</em> and without any <em>&lt;ref&gt;</em>, the heads that exist
 both on the local side and on the remote side are updated.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>When one or more <em>&lt;ref&gt;</em> are specified explicitly, it can be either a
 single pattern, or a pair of such pattern separated by a colon
 ":" (this means that a ref name cannot have a colon in it). A
 single pattern <em>&lt;name&gt;</em> is just a shorthand for <em>&lt;name&gt;:&lt;name&gt;</em>.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>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 <em>git rev-parse</em> to resolve a symbolic ref
 name. See <a href="git-rev-parse.html">git-rev-parse(1)</a>.</p></div>
 <div class="ulist"><ul>
 <li>
 <p>
 It is an error if &lt;src&gt; does not match exactly one of the
  local refs.
 </p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p>
 It is an error if &lt;dst&gt; matches more than one remote refs.
 </p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p>
 If &lt;dst&gt; does not match any remote ref, either
 </p>
 <div class="ulist"><ul>
 <li>
 <p>
 it has to start with "refs/"; &lt;dst&gt; is used as the
  destination literally in this case.
 </p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p>
 &lt;src&gt; == &lt;dst&gt; and the ref that matched the &lt;src&gt; must not
  exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched &lt;src&gt;
  locally is used as the name of the destination.
 </p>
 </li>
 </ul></div>
 </li>
 </ul></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>Without <em>--force</em>, the &lt;src&gt; ref is stored at the remote only if
 &lt;dst&gt; does not exist, or &lt;dst&gt; is a proper subset (i.e. an
 ancestor) of &lt;src&gt;. 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.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>With <em>--force</em>, the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>Optionally, a &lt;ref&gt; parameter can be prefixed with a plus <em>+</em> sign
 to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.</p></div>
 </div>
 <h2 id="_git">GIT</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="paragraph"><p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(1)</a> suite</p></div>
 </div>
 <div id="footer">
 <div id="footer-text">
 Last updated 2011-08-18 06:09:28 UTC
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	<h1>
	git-send-pack(1) Manual Page
	</h1>
	<h2>NAME</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<p>git-send-pack -
	Push objects over git protocol to another repository
	</p>
	</div>
	</div>
	<h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<div class="verseblock">
	<div class="verseblock-content"><em>git send-pack</em> [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--quiet] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>…]</div>
	<div class="verseblock-attribution">
	</div></div>
	</div>
	<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<div class="paragraph"><p>Usually you would want to use <em>git push</em>, which is a
	higher-level wrapper of this command, instead. See <a href="git-push.html">git-push(1)</a>.</p></div>
	<div class="paragraph"><p>Invokes <em>git-receive-pack</em> on a possibly remote repository, and
	updates it from the current repository, sending named refs.</p></div>
	</div>
	<h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<div class="dlist"><dl>
	<dt class="hdlist1">
	--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Path to the <em>git-receive-pack</em> 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.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt class="hdlist1">
	--exec=<git-receive-pack>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Same as --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt class="hdlist1">
	--all
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Instead of explicitly specifying which refs to update,
	update all heads that locally exist.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt class="hdlist1">
	--dry-run
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Do everything except actually send the updates.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt class="hdlist1">
	--force
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	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.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt class="hdlist1">
	--quiet
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Print only error messages.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt class="hdlist1">
	--verbose
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Run verbosely.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt class="hdlist1">
	--thin
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Send a "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based
	on objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt class="hdlist1">
	<host>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	A remote host to house the repository. When this
	part is specified, <em>git-receive-pack</em> is invoked via
	ssh.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt class="hdlist1">
	<directory>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	The repository to update.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt class="hdlist1">
	<ref>…
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	The remote refs to update.
	</p>
	</dd>
	</dl></div>
	</div>
	<h2 id="_specifying_the_refs">Specifying the Refs</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<div class="paragraph"><p>There are three ways to specify which refs to update on the
	remote end.</p></div>
	<div class="paragraph"><p>With <em>--all</em> flag, all refs that exist locally are transferred to
	the remote side. You cannot specify any <em><ref></em> if you use
	this flag.</p></div>
	<div class="paragraph"><p>Without <em>--all</em> and without any <em><ref></em>, the heads that exist
	both on the local side and on the remote side are updated.</p></div>
	<div class="paragraph"><p>When one or more <em><ref></em> are specified explicitly, it can be either a
	single pattern, or a pair of such pattern separated by a colon
	":" (this means that a ref name cannot have a colon in it). A
	single pattern <em><name></em> is just a shorthand for <em><name>:<name></em>.</p></div>
	<div class="paragraph"><p>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 <em>git rev-parse</em> to resolve a symbolic ref
	name. See <a href="git-rev-parse.html">git-rev-parse(1)</a>.</p></div>
	<div class="ulist"><ul>
	<li>
	<p>
	It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
	local refs.
	</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>
	It is an error if <dst> matches more than one remote refs.
	</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>
	If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either
	</p>
	<div class="ulist"><ul>
	<li>
	<p>
	it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the
	destination literally in this case.
	</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>
	<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.
	</p>
	</li>
	</ul></div>
	</li>
	</ul></div>
	<div class="paragraph"><p>Without <em>--force</em>, 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.</p></div>
	<div class="paragraph"><p>With <em>--force</em>, the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs.</p></div>
	<div class="paragraph"><p>Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus <em>+</em> sign
	to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.</p></div>
	</div>
	<h2 id="_git">GIT</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<div class="paragraph"><p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(1)</a> suite</p></div>
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