Include a git-push example for creating a remote branch

spearce · gitster · commit 4e560158c6de · 2007-09-05T23:25:09.000-07:00
Many users get confused when `git push origin master:foo` works
when foo already exists on the remote repository but are confused
when foo doesn't exist as a branch and this form does not create
the branch foo.

This new example highlights the trick of including refs/heads/
in front of the desired branch name to create a branch.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce &lt;spearce@spearce.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ git push origin master:satellite/master::
 	the ref that matches `satellite/master` (most likely, it would
 	be `refs/remotes/satellite/master`) in `origin` repository with it.
 
+git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental::
+	Create the branch `experimental` in the `origin` repository
+	by copying the current `master` branch.  This form is usually
+	needed to create a new branch in the remote repository as
+	there is no `experimental` branch to match.
+
 Author
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 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, later rewritten in C
