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authorJonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>2010-12-15 00:05:33 -0600
committerJonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>2010-12-15 00:05:33 -0600
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Merge branch 'master' (early part) into pd/bash-4-completion
* 'master' (early part): (529 commits) completion: fix zsh check under bash with 'set -u' Fix copy-pasted comments related to tree diff handling. Git 1.7.3.2 {cvs,svn}import: use the new 'git read-tree --empty' t/t9001-send-email.sh: fix stderr redirection in 'Invalid In-Reply-To' Clarify and extend the "git diff" format documentation git-show-ref.txt: clarify the pattern matching documentation: git-config minor cleanups Update test script annotate-tests.sh to handle missing/extra authors Better advice on using topic branches for kernel development Documentation: update implicit "--no-index" behavior in "git diff" Documentation: expand 'git diff' SEE ALSO section Documentation: diff can compare blobs Documentation: gitrevisions is in section 7 fast-import: Allow filemodify to set the root shell portability: no "export VAR=VAL" CodingGuidelines: reword parameter expansion section Documentation: update-index: -z applies also to --index-info gitweb: Improve behavior for actionless path_info gitweb URLs gitweb: Fix bug in evaluate_path_info ... Conflicts: GIT-VERSION-GEN RelNotes contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index be4c053360..4a27643c1e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ OPTIONS
properly quoted for consumption by shell. Useful when
you expect your parameter to contain whitespaces and
newlines (e.g. when using pickaxe `-S` with
- 'git diff-\*'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option,
+ 'git diff-{asterisk}'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option,
the command input is still interpreted as usual.
--not::
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ OPTIONS
unfortunately named tag "master"), and show them as full
refnames (e.g. "refs/heads/master").
---abbrev-ref[={strict|loose}]::
+--abbrev-ref[=(strict|loose)]::
A non-ambiguous short name of the objects name.
The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict
abbreviation mode.
@@ -112,14 +112,15 @@ OPTIONS
+
If a `pattern` is given, only refs matching the given shell glob are
shown. If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`,
-`\*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by appending `/\*`.
+`{asterisk}`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by
+appending `/{asterisk}`.
--glob=pattern::
Show all refs matching the shell glob pattern `pattern`. If
the pattern does not start with `refs/`, this is automatically
prepended. If the pattern does not contain a globbing
- character (`?`, `\*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix
- match by appending `/\*`.
+ character (`?`, `{asterisk}`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix
+ match by appending `/{asterisk}`.
--show-toplevel::
Show the absolute path of the top-level directory.