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doc: git-push: clarify intro
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 <[email protected]>
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DESCRIPTION
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Updates remote refs using local refs, while sending objects
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necessary to complete the given refs.
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You can make interesting things happen to a repository
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every time you push into it, by setting up 'hooks' there. See
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documentation for linkgit:git-receive-pack[1].
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Updates one or more branches, tags, or other references in a remote
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repository from your local repository, and sends all necessary data
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that isn't already on the remote.
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When the command line does not specify where to push with the
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`<repository>` argument, `branch.*.remote` configuration for the
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aborted if the upstream branch does not have the same name as the
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You can make interesting things happen to a repository
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every time you push into it, by setting up 'hooks' there. See
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documentation for linkgit:git-receive-pack[1].
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OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]]
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