From: "Julia Evans via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail•com>
To: git@vger•kernel.org
Cc: "D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail•com>,
Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail•com>,
Julia Evans <julia@jvns•ca>, Julia Evans <julia@jvns•ca>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/4] doc: git-push: clarify intro
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 18:55:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <270edd2b00e63ef396ae69a9a7e9113a54f0df82.1757703309.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.1964.v2.git.1757703309.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Julia Evans <julia@jvns•ca>
From user feedback, 5 users are unsure what "ref" and/or "objects" means
in this context. 3 users said they don't know what "complete the refs"
means.
Many users also commented that receive hooks do not seem like the most
important thing to know about `git push`, and that this information
should not be the second sentence in the man page.
Use more familiar language to make it more accessible to users who do
not know what a "ref" is and move the "hooks" comment to the end.
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns•ca>
---
Documentation/git-push.adoc | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.adoc b/Documentation/git-push.adoc
index d1978650d6..e73b64f61f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.adoc
@@ -19,12 +19,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Updates remote refs using local refs, while sending objects
-necessary to complete the given refs.
-
-You can make interesting things happen to a repository
-every time you push into it, by setting up 'hooks' there. See
-documentation for linkgit:git-receive-pack[1].
+Updates one or more branches, tags, or other references in a remote
+repository from your local repository.
When the command line does not specify where to push with the
`<repository>` argument, `branch.*.remote` configuration for the
@@ -44,6 +40,9 @@ corresponding upstream branch, but as a safety measure, the push is
aborted if the upstream branch does not have the same name as the
local one.
+You can make interesting things happen to a repository
+every time you push into it, by setting up 'hooks' there. See
+documentation for linkgit:git-receive-pack[1].
OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]]
------------------
--
gitgitgadget
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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 ` Julia Evans via GitGitGadget [this message]
2025-09-12 20:54 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] doc: git-push: clarify intro 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
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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