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authorMichael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>2010-08-23 11:02:39 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-08-23 09:05:32 -0700
commit1884df1aad3d1745bb3abcd6a717ab3d41623779 (patch)
tree5cfc13344730261765782617ea5176b6bd165892
parenta6190565abbe12f04910624e8f13f439ddc4d6b2 (diff)
downloadgit-1884df1aad3d1745bb3abcd6a717ab3d41623779.tar.gz
git-bundle.txt: Clarify rev-list-args restrictions
Currently, one could think that 'git bundle create' groks any 'git rev-list' expression. But in fact it requires a named reference to be present. Try and make this clearer. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Acked-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-bundle.txt3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
index 3cdbc72767..38e59afb34 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ unbundle <file>::
<git-rev-list-args>::
A list of arguments, acceptable to 'git rev-parse' and
- 'git rev-list', that specifies the specific objects and references
+ 'git rev-list' (and containg a named ref, see SPECIFYING REFERENCES
+ below), that specifies the specific objects and references
to transport. For example, `master{tilde}10..master` causes the
current master reference to be packaged along with all objects
added since its 10th ancestor commit. There is no explicit