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hammerdr on March 25, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Legit. Git for humans

git push origin refa:refb

  PUT a branch refb with the commit-ish refa

git push origin abc123:refb

  PUT a branch refb with the commit-ish abc123

git push origin :refa

  PUT a branch refa with the commit-ish null

RegEx on March 25, 2012 [–]

Much more concise explanation, thanks!

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