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| author | Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> | 2009-10-12 00:28:23 -0500 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-10-12 16:28:42 -0700 |
| commit | 604e0cb5cbd2ea2e37273e13f99b6572cd82b4c1 (patch) | |
| tree | 4692cf04781e1badbce51fe9540269be4bf7524a /Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt | |
| parent | f01f1099f40f24fe6f7802185340a6fa3a3d4f35 (diff) | |
| download | git-604e0cb5cbd2ea2e37273e13f99b6572cd82b4c1.tar.gz | |
Documentation: describe check-ref-format --branch
Unless one already knew, it was not obvious what sort of shorthand
"git check-ref-format --branch" expands. Explain it.
The --branch argument is not optional.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index c1ce26884e..664da8a988 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git check-ref-format' <refname> -'git check-ref-format' [--branch] <branchname-shorthand> +'git check-ref-format' --branch <branchname-shorthand> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ reference name expressions (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]): . at-open-brace `@{` is used as a notation to access a reflog entry. -With the `--branch` option, it expands a branch name shorthand and -prints the name of the branch the shorthand refers to. +With the `--branch` option, it expands the ``previous branch syntax'' +`@{-n}`. For example, `@{-1}` is a way to refer the last branch you +were on. This option should be used by porcelains to accept this +syntax anywhere a branch name is expected, so they can act as if you +typed the branch name. EXAMPLE ------- |