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 <julia@jvns.ca> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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-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, and sends all necessary data
+that isn't already on the remote.
When the command line does not specify where to push with the
`<repository>` argument, `branch.*.remote` configuration for the
@@ -44,6 +41,10 @@ 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].
+
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