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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index fc02959ba4..8611a99120 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Git imposes the following rules on how references are named: These rules make it easy for shell script based tools to parse reference names, pathname expansion by the shell when a reference name is used -unquoted (by mistake), and also avoids ambiguities in certain +unquoted (by mistake), and also avoid ambiguities in certain reference name expressions (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]): . A double-dot `..` is often used as in `ref1..ref2`, and in some @@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ OPTIONS Interpret <refname> as a reference name pattern for a refspec (as used with remote repositories). If this option is enabled, <refname> is allowed to contain a single `*` - in place of a one full pathname component (e.g., - `foo/*/bar` but not `foo/bar*`). + in the refspec (e.g., `foo/bar*/baz` or `foo/bar*baz/` + but not `foo/bar*/baz*`). --normalize:: Normalize 'refname' by removing any leading slash (`/`) @@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ $ git check-ref-format --branch @{-1} * Determine the reference name to use for a new branch: + ------------ -$ ref=$(git check-ref-format --normalize "refs/heads/$newbranch") || -die "we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name." +$ ref=$(git check-ref-format --normalize "refs/heads/$newbranch")|| +{ echo "we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name." >&2 ; exit 1 ; } ------------ GIT |