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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index cf0a0b7df2..d9de992585 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -79,16 +79,21 @@ reference name expressions (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]): With the `--branch` option, the command takes a name and checks if it can be used as a valid branch name (e.g. when creating a new -branch). The rule `git check-ref-format --branch $name` implements +branch). But be cautious when using the +previous checkout syntax that may refer to a detached HEAD state. +The rule `git check-ref-format --branch $name` implements may be stricter than what `git check-ref-format refs/heads/$name` says (e.g. a dash may appear at the beginning of a ref component, but it is explicitly forbidden at the beginning of a branch name). When run with `--branch` option in a repository, the input is first -expanded for the ``previous branch syntax'' -`@{-n}`. For example, `@{-1}` is a way to refer the last branch you -were on. This option should be used by porcelains to accept this -syntax anywhere a branch name is expected, so they can act as if you -typed the branch name. +expanded for the ``previous checkout syntax'' +`@{-n}`. For example, `@{-1}` is a way to refer the last thing that +was checked out using "git checkout" operation. This option should be +used by porcelains to accept this syntax anywhere a branch name is +expected, so they can act as if you typed the branch name. As an +exception note that, the ``previous checkout operation'' might result +in a commit object name when the N-th last thing checked out was not +a branch. OPTIONS ------- @@ -116,7 +121,7 @@ OPTIONS EXAMPLES -------- -* Print the name of the previous branch: +* Print the name of the previous thing checked out: + ------------ $ git check-ref-format --branch @{-1} |