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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 110e7ba71f..69599ffb67 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ Each line of options has this format: * Use `*` to mean that this option should not be listed in the usage generated for the `-h` argument. It's shown for `--help-all` as - documented in linkgit:gitcli[5]. + documented in linkgit:gitcli[7]. * Use `!` to not make the corresponding negated long option available. @@ -378,6 +378,31 @@ C? option C with an optional argument" eval `echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git-rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?` ------------ +EXAMPLES +-------- + +* Print the object name of the current commit: ++ +------------ +$ git rev-parse --verify HEAD +------------ + +* Print the commit object name from the revision in the $REV shell variable: ++ +------------ +$ git rev-parse --verify $REV +------------ ++ +This will error out if $REV is empty or not a valid revision. + +* Same as above: ++ +------------ +$ git rev-parse --default master --verify $REV +------------ ++ +but if $REV is empty, the commit object name from master will be printed. + Author ------ |