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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/revisions.txt | 12 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index d477b3f6bc..b0f4284cfb 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -111,10 +111,14 @@ some output processing may assume ref names in UTF-8. '<rev>{caret}\{<type>\}', e.g. 'v0.99.8{caret}\{commit\}':: A suffix '{caret}' followed by an object type name enclosed in - brace pair means the object - could be a tag, and dereference the tag recursively until an - object of that type is found or the object cannot be - dereferenced anymore (in which case, barf). '<rev>{caret}0' + brace pair means dereference the object at '<rev>' recursively until + an object of type '<type>' is found or the object cannot be + dereferenced anymore (in which case, barf). + For example, if '<rev>' is a commit-ish, '<rev>{caret}\{commit\}' + describes the corresponding commit object. + Similarly, if '<rev>' is a tree-ish, '<rev>{caret}\{tree\}' + describes the corresponding tree object. + '<rev>{caret}0' is a short-hand for '<rev>{caret}\{commit\}'. + 'rev{caret}\{object\}' can be used to make sure 'rev' names an |