* am/maint-push-doc:
Documentation: avoid using undefined parameters
Documentation: mention branches rather than heads
Documentation: remove a redundant elaboration
Documentation: git push repository can also be a remote
The "remote" repository that is destination of a push
operation. See the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below.
operation. This parameter can be either a URL
(see the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below) or the name
of a remote (see the section <<REMOTES,REMOTES>> below).
<refspec>...::
The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is
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want to push. The <dst> side represents the destination location.
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The local ref that matches <src> is used
to fast forward the remote ref that matches <dst> (or, if no <dst> was
specified, the same ref that <src> referred to locally). If
to fast forward the remote ref that matches <dst>. If
the optional leading plus `+` is used, the remote ref is updated
even if it does not result in a fast forward update.
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`tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`.
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A parameter <ref> without a colon pushes the <ref> from the source
repository to the destination repository under the same name.
A lonely <src> parameter (without a colon and a destination) pushes
the <src> to the same name in the destination repository.
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Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from
the remote repository.
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The special refspec `:` (or `+:` to allow non-fast forward updates)
directs git to push "matching" heads: for every head that exists on
the local side, the remote side is updated if a head of the same name
directs git to push "matching" branches: for every branch that exists on
the local side, the remote side is updated if a branch of the same name
already exists on the remote side. This is the default operation mode
if no explicit refspec is found (that is neither on the command line
nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below).