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| author | Jan Krüger <jk@jk.gs> | 2012-02-27 23:10:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-02-27 15:58:36 -0800 |
| commit | 42b00599be684e20462c431a718f86c2b6fce575 (patch) | |
| tree | 81d9579d42fbc12ea8dd3013f24319b6bce17531 /Documentation | |
| parent | 3724cc7c58df709cffbf6cc0701d1ca6fa5a5ba2 (diff) | |
| download | git-42b00599be684e20462c431a718f86c2b6fce575.tar.gz | |
symbolic-ref --short: abbreviate the output unambiguouslyjk/symbolic-ref-short
It can be helpful to resolve a symbolic ref and output the result in a
shortened form, such as for use in shell prompts. Add a "--short" option
to do so.
Signed-off-by: Jan Krüger <jk@jk.gs>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt index a45d4c4f29..981d3a8fc1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ git-symbolic-ref - Read and modify symbolic refs SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git symbolic-ref' [-q] [-m <reason>] <name> [<ref>] +'git symbolic-ref' [-m <reason>] <name> <ref> +'git symbolic-ref' [-q] [--short] <name> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ OPTIONS symbolic ref but a detached HEAD; instead exit with non-zero status silently. +--short:: + When showing the value of <name> as a symbolic ref, try to shorten the + value, e.g. from `refs/heads/master` to `master`. + -m:: Update the reflog for <name> with <reason>. This is valid only when creating or updating a symbolic ref. |