git-push.txt: describe how to default to pushing only current branch

Signed-off-by: Chris Johnsen <chris_johnsen@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 4e7e5a719a4b0447159213466d46aa2360b7408e..fd53c49fb886b196ba79e40c4c9c4efe0dae5432 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ every time you push into it, by setting up 'hooks' there.  See
 documentation for linkgit:git-receive-pack[1].
 
 
-OPTIONS
--------
+OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]]
+------------------
 <repository>::
        The "remote" repository that is destination of a push
        operation.  This parameter can be either a URL
@@ -187,6 +187,28 @@ reason::
 Examples
 --------
 
+git push::
+       Works like `git push <remote>`, where <remote> is the
+       current branch's remote (or `origin`, if no remote is
+       configured for the current branch).
+
+git push origin::
+       Without additional configuration, works like
+       `git push origin :`.
++
+The default behavior of this command when no <refspec> is given can be
+configured by setting the `push` option of the remote.
++
+For example, to default to pushing only the current branch to `origin`
+use `git config remote.origin.push HEAD`.  Any valid <refspec> (like
+the ones in the examples below) can be configured as the default for
+`git push origin`.
+
+git push origin :::
+       Push "matching" branches to `origin`. See
+       <refspec> in the <<OPTIONS,OPTIONS>> section above for a
+       description of "matching" branches.
+
 git push origin master::
        Find a ref that matches `master` in the source repository
        (most likely, it would find `refs/heads/master`), and update