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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 2 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 0d2cdcde55..55ea1a037d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ eval "set -- $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" "$@")" + If you want to make sure that the output actually names an object in your object database and/or can be used as a specific type of object -you require, you can add "^{type}" peeling operator to the parameter. +you require, you can add "\^{type}" peeling operator to the parameter. For example, `git rev-parse "$VAR^{commit}"` will make sure `$VAR` names an existing object that is a commit-ish (i.e. a commit, or an annotated tag that points at a commit). To make sure that `$VAR` |