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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 4a27643c1e..4cc3e9586f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git rev-parse' [ --option ] <args>... DESCRIPTION @@ -112,15 +113,14 @@ OPTIONS + If a `pattern` is given, only refs matching the given shell glob are shown. If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`, -`{asterisk}`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by -appending `/{asterisk}`. +`*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by appending `/*`. --glob=pattern:: Show all refs matching the shell glob pattern `pattern`. If the pattern does not start with `refs/`, this is automatically prepended. If the pattern does not contain a globbing - character (`?`, `{asterisk}`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix - match by appending `/{asterisk}`. + character (`?`, `*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix + match by appending `/*`. --show-toplevel:: Show the absolute path of the top-level directory. @@ -136,7 +136,13 @@ appending `/{asterisk}`. directory (typically a sequence of "../", or an empty string). --git-dir:: - Show `$GIT_DIR` if defined else show the path to the .git directory. + Show `$GIT_DIR` if defined. Otherwise show the path to + the .git directory. The path shown, when relative, is + relative to the current working directory. ++ +If `$GIT_DIR` is not defined and the current directory +is not detected to lie in a git repository or work tree +print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status. --is-inside-git-dir:: When the current working directory is below the repository @@ -174,6 +180,10 @@ appending `/{asterisk}`. <args>...:: Flags and parameters to be parsed. +--resolve-git-dir <path>:: + Check if <path> is a valid git-dir or a git-file pointing to a valid + git-dir. If <path> is a valid git-dir the resolved path to git-dir will + be printed. include::revisions.txt[] @@ -303,16 +313,6 @@ $ git rev-parse --default master --verify $REV + but if $REV is empty, the commit object name from master will be printed. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> . -Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |