From 2ca0ed9cfda21c8a6f9884b93613602782dcda71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Niedermayer Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 11:56:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc/git-howto: Replace "git push" example by one with dry-run I do not think having "git push" as example is a good idea. The command has a very high chance of pushing things which are unwanted to be pushed Reviewed-by: Carl Eugen Hoyos Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer --- doc/git-howto.texi | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/git-howto.texi b/doc/git-howto.texi index b7b5d43480..b3c8ff00eb 100644 --- a/doc/git-howto.texi +++ b/doc/git-howto.texi @@ -326,10 +326,12 @@ faulty commit disappear from the history. @section Pushing changes to remote trees @example -git push +git push origin master --dry-run @end example -Will push the changes to the default remote (@var{origin}). +Will simulate a push of the local master branch to the default remote +(@var{origin}). And list which branches and ranges or commits would have been +pushed. Git will prevent you from pushing changes if the local and remote trees are out of sync. Refer to @ref{Updating the source tree to the latest revision}.