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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-07-22 10:17:34 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-07-22 10:17:34 -0700
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Merge branch 'maint-1.9' into maint
* maint-1.9: Documentation: fix missing text for rev-parse --verify
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@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ eval "set -- $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" "$@")"
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If you want to make sure that the output actually names an object in
your object database and/or can be used as a specific type of object
-you require, you can add "^{type}" peeling operator to the parameter.
+you require, you can add "\^{type}" peeling operator to the parameter.
For example, `git rev-parse "$VAR^{commit}"` will make sure `$VAR`
names an existing object that is a commit-ish (i.e. a commit, or an
annotated tag that points at a commit). To make sure that `$VAR`