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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-05-31 10:57:32 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-05-31 10:57:32 -0700 |
| commit | 2d11f21c365821ccba1e093f22b99ad71b955f21 (patch) | |
| tree | 1ecbe232f12904520838ab4adff6aa70d5ba6e80 /Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt | |
| parent | 28b9264dd6cbadcef8b3e48c24ffcb2893b668b3 (diff) | |
| parent | 5b42477b59886a85d4b49a60313f9b9d4a0d576f (diff) | |
| download | git-2d11f21c365821ccba1e093f22b99ad71b955f21.tar.gz | |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'ko/maint' into jc/diff-index-quick-exit-early
* ko/maint: (4352 commits)
git-submodule.sh: separate parens by a space to avoid confusing some shells
Documentation/technical/api-diff.txt: correct name of diff_unmerge()
read_gitfile_gently: use ssize_t to hold read result
remove tests of always-false condition
rerere.c: diagnose a corrupt MERGE_RR when hitting EOF between TAB and '\0'
Git 1.7.5.3
init/clone: remove short option -L and document --separate-git-dir
do not read beyond end of malloc'd buffer
git-svn: Fix git svn log --show-commit
Git 1.7.5.2
provide a copy of the LGPLv2.1
test core.gitproxy configuration
copy_gecos: fix not adding nlen to len when processing "&"
Update draft release notes to 1.7.5.2
Documentation/git-fsck.txt: fix typo: unreadable -> unreachable
send-pack: avoid deadlock on git:// push with failed pack-objects
connect: let callers know if connection is a socket
connect: treat generic proxy processes like ssh processes
sideband_demux(): fix decl-after-stmt
t3503: test cherry picking and reverting root commits
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Conflicts:
diff.c
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt index 210fde03a1..d7795ed657 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ DESCRIPTION Given one argument, reads which branch head the given symbolic ref refers to and outputs its path, relative to the `.git/` directory. Typically you would give `HEAD` as the <name> -argument to see on which branch your working tree is on. +argument to see which branch your working tree is on. -Give two arguments, create or update a symbolic ref <name> to +Given two arguments, creates or updates a symbolic ref <name> to point at the given branch <ref>. A symbolic ref is a regular file that stores a string that @@ -49,14 +49,10 @@ cumbersome. On some platforms, `ln -sf` does not even work as advertised (horrors). Therefore symbolic links are now deprecated and symbolic refs are used by default. -'git-symbolic-ref' will exit with status 0 if the contents of the +'git symbolic-ref' will exit with status 0 if the contents of the symbolic ref were printed correctly, with status 1 if the requested name is not a symbolic ref, or 128 if another error occurs. -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |