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diff --git a/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt index 84f23ee525..1e2a20dd26 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt @@ -8,29 +8,21 @@ git-get-tar-commit-id - Extract commit ID from an archive created using git-arch SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git get-tar-commit-id' < <tarfile> DESCRIPTION ----------- Acts as a filter, extracting the commit ID stored in archives created by -'git-archive'. It reads only the first 1024 bytes of input, thus its +'git archive'. It reads only the first 1024 bytes of input, thus its runtime is not influenced by the size of <tarfile> very much. -If no commit ID is found, 'git-get-tar-commit-id' quietly exists with a +If no commit ID is found, 'git get-tar-commit-id' quietly exists with a return code of 1. This can happen if <tarfile> had not been created -using 'git-archive' or if the first parameter of 'git-archive' had been +using 'git archive' or if the first parameter of 'git archive' had been a tree ID instead of a commit ID or tag. - -Author ------- -Written by Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |