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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index 51579f6776..d23fd219da 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ imposes the following rules on how refs are named: caret `{caret}`, colon `:`, question-mark `?`, asterisk `*`, or open bracket `[` anywhere; -. It cannot end with a slash `/`. +. They cannot end with a slash `/` nor a dot `.`. + +. They cannot contain a sequence `@{`. These rules makes it easy for shell script based tools to parse refnames, pathname expansion by the shell when a refname is used @@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ refname expressions (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]). Namely: It may also be used to select a specific object such as with 'git-cat-file': "git cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c". +. at-open-brace `@{` is used as a notation to access a reflog entry. + With the `--branch` option, it expands a branch name shorthand and prints the name of the branch the shorthand refers to. |