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+++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Usually you would want to use gitlink:git-push[1] which is a
+Usually you would want to use linkgit:git-push[1] which is a
higher level wrapper of this command instead.
Invokes 'git-receive-pack' on a possibly remote repository, and
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon)
and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be
pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source
side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the
-destination side.
+destination side. The rules used to match a ref are the same
+rules used by linkgit:git-rev-parse[1] to resolve a symbolic ref
+name.
- It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
local refs.
@@ -123,4 +125,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite