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-rw-r--r--Documentation/revisions.txt7
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt
index b5d9d1b381..b0ac4cf659 100644
--- a/Documentation/revisions.txt
+++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt
@@ -195,19 +195,16 @@ existing tag object.
Depending on the given text, the shell's word splitting rules might
require additional quoting.
-'<rev>:<path>', e.g. 'HEAD:README', ':README', 'master:./README'::
+'<rev>:<path>', e.g. 'HEAD:README', 'master:./README'::
A suffix ':' followed by a path names the blob or tree
at the given path in the tree-ish object named by the part
before the colon.
- ':path' (with an empty part before the colon)
- is a special case of the syntax described next: content
- recorded in the index at the given path.
A path starting with './' or '../' is relative to the current working directory.
The given path will be converted to be relative to the working tree's root directory.
This is most useful to address a blob or tree from a commit or tree that has
the same tree structure as the working tree.
-':<n>:<path>', e.g. ':0:README', ':README'::
+':[<n>:]<path>', e.g. ':0:README', ':README'::
A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a
colon, followed by a path, names a blob object in the
index at the given path. A missing stage number (and the colon