Re: [PATCH] Mention that 'push .. master' is in explicit form master:refs/heads/master

[Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>]

* Tue 2007-09-18 Junio C Hamano <gitster AT pobox.com>
* Message-Id: 7vfy1bvgn1.fsf AT gitster.siamese.dyndns.org
>>  	Find a ref that matches `master` in the source repository
>>  	(most likely, it would find `refs/heads/master`), and update
>>  	the same ref (e.g. `refs/heads/master`) in `origin` repository
>> -	with it.
>> +	with it. The following would be exactly same command:
>> +
>> +	git push origin master:refs/heads/master
>
> They _might_ be exactly the same.
>
> The reason people often explicitly write
>
> 	$ git push $URL refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master
>
> in their insns for newbies is because this form would not be
> affected by the random factors at $URL repository (or your
> repository) and will consistently get the same result.
>
> 	$ git push $URL foo
>
> may push branch head 'foo' or tag 'foo' depending on which one
> you have locally.  Having both is not encouraged, but spelling
> the insn out explicitly as refs/heads/foo makes it clear the
> command is talking about the branch even when there is a tag
> with the same name.

Thank you, kindly broaden the current documentation to include this
explanation.

Jari

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