Merge branch 'sp/reflog'

* sp/reflog:
  fetch.c: do not pass uninitialized lock to unlock_ref().
  Test that git-branch -l works.
  Verify git-commit provides a reflog message.
  Enable ref log creation in git checkout -b.
  Create/delete branch ref logs.
  Include ref log detail in commit, reset, etc.
  Change order of -m option to update-ref.
  Correct force_write bug in refs.c
  Change 'master@noon' syntax to 'master@{noon}'.
  Log ref updates made by fetch.
  Force writing ref if it doesn't exist.
  Added logs/ directory to repository layout.
  General ref log reading improvements.
  Fix ref log parsing so it works properly.
  Support 'master@2 hours ago' syntax
  Log ref updates to logs/refs/<ref>
  Convert update-ref to use ref_lock API.
  Improve abstraction of ref lock/write.

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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index c4b0ff5842..627cde8520 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ syntax.
   happen to have both heads/master and tags/master, you can
   explicitly say 'heads/master' to tell git which one you mean.
 
+* A suffix '@' followed by a date specification enclosed in a brace
+  pair (e.g. '\{yesterday\}', '\{1 month 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour 1
+  second ago\}' or '\{1979-02-26 18:30:00\}') to specify the value
+  of the ref at a prior point in time.  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}'