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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt')
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index 7dc1bdb6ef..13a5f43049 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ branch head is stored under `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads` directory, and a tag is stored under `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` directory. git imposes the following rules on how refs are named: -. It could be named hierarchically (i.e. separated with slash - `/`), but each of its component cannot begin with a dot `.`; +. It can include slash `/` for hierarchical (directory) + grouping, but no slash-separated component can begin with a + dot `.`; . It cannot have two consecutive dots `..` anywhere; @@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ refname expressions (see gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]). Namely: . colon `:` is used as in `srcref:dstref` to mean "use srcref\'s value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations. + It may also be used to select a specific object such as with + gitlink:git-cat-file[1] "git-cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c". GIT |