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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index 98009d1bd5..a49be1bab4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ DESCRIPTION Checks if a given 'refname' is acceptable, and exits with a non-zero status if it is not. -A reference is used in git to specify branches and tags. A +A reference is used in Git to specify branches and tags. A branch head is stored in the `refs/heads` hierarchy, while a tag is stored in the `refs/tags` hierarchy of the ref namespace (typically in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads` and `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` directories or, as entries in file `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` if refs are packed by `git gc`). -git imposes the following rules on how references are named: +Git imposes the following rules on how references are named: . They can include slash `/` for hierarchical (directory) grouping, but no slash-separated component can begin with a @@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ typed the branch name. OPTIONS ------- ---allow-onelevel:: ---no-allow-onelevel:: +--[no-]allow-onelevel:: Controls whether one-level refnames are accepted (i.e., refnames that do not contain multiple `/`-separated components). The default is `--no-allow-onelevel`. |