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diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index b347bfbb14..c872b883ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ git-for-each-ref - Output information on each ref
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-for-each-ref' [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl]
- [--sort=<key>]\* [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
+'git for-each-ref' [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl]
+ [(--sort=<key>)...] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Iterate over all refs that match `<pattern>` and show them
according to the given `<format>`, after sorting them according
-to the given set of `<key>`. If `<max>` is given, stop after
+to the given set of `<key>`. If `<count>` is given, stop after
showing that many refs. The interpolated values in `<format>`
can optionally be quoted as string literals in the specified
host language allowing their direct evaluation in that language.
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ OPTIONS
`xx`; for example `%00` interpolates to `\0` (NUL),
`%09` to `\t` (TAB) and `%0a` to `\n` (LF).
-<pattern>::
+<pattern>...::
If one or more patterns are given, only refs are shown that
- match againt at least one pattern, either using fnmatch(3) or
+ match against at least one pattern, either using fnmatch(3) or
literally, in the latter case matching completely or from the
beginning up to a slash.
@@ -74,15 +74,24 @@ For all objects, the following names can be used:
refname::
The name of the ref (the part after $GIT_DIR/).
+ For a non-ambiguous short name of the ref append `:short`.
+ The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict
+ abbreviation mode.
objecttype::
The type of the object (`blob`, `tree`, `commit`, `tag`).
objectsize::
- The size of the object (the same as `git-cat-file -s` reports).
+ The size of the object (the same as 'git cat-file -s' reports).
objectname::
The object name (aka SHA-1).
+ For a non-ambiguous abbreviation of the object name append `:short`.
+
+upstream::
+ The name of a local ref which can be considered ``upstream''
+ from the displayed ref. Respects `:short` in the same way as
+ `refname` above.
In addition to the above, for commit and tag objects, the header
field names (`tree`, `parent`, `object`, `type`, and `tag`) can
@@ -92,9 +101,10 @@ Fields that have name-email-date tuple as its value (`author`,
`committer`, and `tagger`) can be suffixed with `name`, `email`,
and `date` to extract the named component.
-The first line of the message in a commit and tag object is
-`subject`, the remaining lines are `body`. The whole message
-is `contents`.
+The complete message in a commit and tag object is `contents`.
+Its first line is `contents:subject`, the remaining lines
+are `contents:body` and the optional GPG signature
+is `contents:signature`.
For sorting purposes, fields with numeric values sort in numeric
order (`objectsize`, `authordate`, `committerdate`, `taggerdate`).
@@ -114,12 +124,12 @@ EXAMPLES
--------
An example directly producing formatted text. Show the most recent
-3 tagged commits::
+3 tagged commits:
------------
#!/bin/sh
-git-for-each-ref --count=3 --sort='-*authordate' \
+git for-each-ref --count=3 --sort='-*authordate' \
--format='From: %(*authorname) %(*authoremail)
Subject: %(*subject)
Date: %(*authordate)
@@ -131,11 +141,11 @@ Ref: %(*refname)
A simple example showing the use of shell eval on the output,
-demonstrating the use of --shell. List the prefixes of all heads::
+demonstrating the use of --shell. List the prefixes of all heads:
------------
#!/bin/sh
-git-for-each-ref --shell --format="ref=%(refname)" refs/heads | \
+git for-each-ref --shell --format="ref=%(refname)" refs/heads | \
while read entry
do
eval "$entry"
@@ -145,7 +155,7 @@ done
A bit more elaborate report on tags, demonstrating that the format
-may be an entire script::
+may be an entire script:
------------
#!/bin/sh
@@ -189,9 +199,21 @@ Its message reads as:
fi
'
-eval=`git-for-each-ref --shell --format="$fmt" \
+eval=`git for-each-ref --shell --format="$fmt" \
--sort='*objecttype' \
--sort=-taggerdate \
refs/tags`
eval "$eval"
------------
+
+Author
+------
+Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>.
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite