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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Julia Evans via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,  "D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com>,
	Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>,
	 Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] doc: git-push: clarify "what to push"
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:01:42 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq4isj4pu1.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c1d4ea8d27ff037fcc40c2c6dc1c4f0bd9000b1b.1759262314.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (Julia Evans via GitGitGadget's message of "Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:58:33 +0000")

"Julia Evans via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> +To decide which branches, tags, or other refs to push, Git uses
> +(in order of precedence):
> +
> +1. The `<refspec>` argument(s) (for example `main` in `git push origin main`)
> +   or the `--all`, `--mirror`, or `--tags` options
> +2. The `remote.*.push` configuration for the repository being pushed to
> +3. The `push.default` configuration. The default is `push.default=simple`,
> +   which will push to a branch with the same name as the current branch.
> +   See the <<CONFIGURATION,CONFIGURATION>> section below for more on `push.default`.
> +
> +`git push` may fail if you haven't set an upstream for the current branch,
> +depending on what `push.default` is set to.
> +See the <<UPSTREAM-BRANCHES,UPSTREAM BRANCHES>> section below for more
> +on how to set and use upstreams.

Reads well, does not tell any lies, and I like it.

> @@ -696,7 +698,7 @@ a `git gc` command on the origin repository.
>  
>  include::transfer-data-leaks.adoc[]
>  
> -CONFIGURATION
> +CONFIGURATION[[CONFIGURATION]]
>  -------------

Looking at what we have in previous steps (e.g., post context of
1/5, the title of the new section in 2/5), I think you'd need to
elongate the underline.

  reply	other threads:[~2025-09-30 21:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-26 20:40 [PATCH 0/4] doc: git-push: clarify DESCRIPTION section & refspec definition Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-26 20:40 ` [PATCH 1/4] doc: git-push: update intro Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-28 13:53   ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-08-28 16:18     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-29  7:20       ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-08-28 17:47     ` Julia Evans
2025-08-28 19:39       ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-08-26 20:40 ` [PATCH 2/4] doc: git-push: clarify "where to push" Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-27  0:05   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-26 20:40 ` [PATCH 3/4] doc: git-push: clarify "what " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-26 23:57   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-27 13:52     ` Julia Evans
2025-08-28 14:25   ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-08-26 20:40 ` [PATCH 4/4] doc: git-push: rewrite refspec specification Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-08-26 23:34   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-27 13:10     ` Julia Evans
2025-08-28 19:28   ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-09-12 18:55 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] doc: git-push: clarify DESCRIPTION section & refspec definition Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-12 18:55   ` [PATCH v2 1/4] doc: git-push: clarify intro Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-12 20:54     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-15 20:00       ` Julia Evans
2025-09-16  1:44         ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-16 18:46           ` Julia Evans
2025-09-16 20:38             ` Ben Knoble
2025-09-16 21:59               ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-17 18:42           ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-18 14:20             ` Julia Evans
2025-09-12 18:55   ` [PATCH v2 2/4] doc: add an UPSTREAM BRANCHES section to pull/push/fetch Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-12 21:17     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-15 20:19       ` Julia Evans
2025-09-15 21:48         ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-15 23:09           ` Julia Evans
2025-09-16  5:25     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-16  5:33       ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-16  5:39         ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-18 21:02           ` Julia Evans
2025-09-12 18:55   ` [PATCH v2 3/4] doc: git-push: clarify "where to push" Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-12 21:18     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-12 21:19     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-15 20:52       ` Julia Evans
2025-09-12 18:55   ` [PATCH v2 4/4] doc: git-push: clarify "what " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-23 17:44   ` [PATCH v3 0/4] doc: git-push: clarify DESCRIPTION section Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-23 17:44     ` [PATCH v3 1/4] doc: git-push: clarify intro Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-23 17:44     ` [PATCH v3 2/4] doc: add an UPSTREAM BRANCHES section to pull/push/fetch Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-24 19:51       ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-30 19:20         ` Julia Evans
2025-09-23 17:44     ` [PATCH v3 3/4] doc: git-push: clarify "where to push" Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-23 17:44     ` [PATCH v3 4/4] doc: git-push: clarify "what " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-24 20:01       ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-25 20:50         ` Julia Evans
2025-09-25 21:15           ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-25 22:34             ` Julia Evans
2025-09-26  1:27               ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-26 15:29                 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-26 17:31                   ` Julia Evans
2025-09-26 19:03                     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-26 22:27                       ` Julia Evans
2025-09-26 23:07                         ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-28 21:38                           ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-09-23 17:56     ` [PATCH v3 0/4] doc: git-push: clarify DESCRIPTION section D. Ben Knoble
2025-09-30 19:58     ` [PATCH v4 0/5] " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-30 19:58       ` [PATCH v4 1/5] doc: git-push: clarify intro Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-30 19:58       ` [PATCH v4 2/5] doc: add an UPSTREAM BRANCHES section to pull/push/fetch Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-30 23:39         ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-03 18:23           ` Julia Evans
2025-10-03 19:12             ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-01 17:30         ` Jean-Noël AVILA
2025-10-03 17:54           ` Julia Evans
2025-09-30 19:58       ` [PATCH v4 3/5] doc: git-push: clarify "where to push" Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-30 19:58       ` [PATCH v4 4/5] doc: git-push: clarify "what " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-09-30 21:01         ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2025-10-01 17:36         ` Jean-Noël AVILA
2025-09-30 19:58       ` [PATCH v4 5/5] doc: git-push: Add explanation of `git push origin main` Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-10-01 22:29         ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-10-03 17:58           ` Julia Evans
2025-10-01 22:28       ` [PATCH v4 0/5] doc: git-push: clarify DESCRIPTION section D. Ben Knoble
2025-10-06 18:58       ` [PATCH v5 " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-10-06 18:58         ` [PATCH v5 1/5] doc: git-push: clarify intro Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-10-06 18:58         ` [PATCH v5 2/5] doc: add an UPSTREAM BRANCHES section to pull/push/fetch Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-10-07 12:23           ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-10-07 13:35             ` Julia Evans
2025-10-07 18:35               ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-10-06 18:58         ` [PATCH v5 3/5] doc: git-push: clarify "where to push" Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-10-06 18:58         ` [PATCH v5 4/5] doc: git-push: clarify "what " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-10-06 18:58         ` [PATCH v5 5/5] doc: git-push: Add explanation of `git push origin main` Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2025-10-06 21:53         ` [PATCH v5 0/5] doc: git-push: clarify DESCRIPTION section D. Ben Knoble
2025-10-06 22:07         ` Junio C Hamano

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