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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 8 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 4eaf5a0d1e..aeb37b65d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ blobs contained in a commit. used immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>). +* A ref followed by the suffix '@' with an ordinal specification + enclosed in a brace pair (e.g. '\{1\}', '\{15\}') to specify + the n-th prior value of that ref. For example 'master@\{1\}' + is the immediate prior value of 'master' while 'master@\{5\}' + is the 5th prior value of 'master'. This suffix may only be used + immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an existing + log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>). + * A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter means the first parent of that commit object. '{caret}<n>' means the <n>th parent (i.e. 'rev{caret}' |