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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 0727f431c6..341ca90c6e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ OPTIONS properly quoted for consumption by shell. Useful when you expect your parameter to contain whitespaces and newlines (e.g. when using pickaxe `-S` with - 'git diff-\*'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option, + 'git diff-{asterisk}'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option, the command input is still interpreted as usual. --not:: @@ -112,14 +112,15 @@ OPTIONS + If a `pattern` is given, only refs matching the given shell glob are shown. If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`, -`\*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by appending `/\*`. +`{asterisk}`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by +appending `/{asterisk}`. --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 (`?`, `\*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix - match by appending `/\*`. + character (`?`, `{asterisk}`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix + match by appending `/{asterisk}`. --show-toplevel:: Show the absolute path of the top-level directory. @@ -184,10 +185,13 @@ scripts the same facilities C builtins have. It works as an option normalizer (e.g. splits single switches aggregate values), a bit like `getopt(1)` does. It takes on the standard input the specification of the options to parse and -understand, and echoes on the standard output a line suitable for `sh(1)` `eval` +understand, and echoes on the standard output a string suitable for `sh(1)` `eval` to replace the arguments with normalized ones. In case of error, it outputs usage on the standard error stream, and exits with code 129. +Note: Make sure you quote the result when passing it to `eval`. See +below for an example. + Input Format ~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -244,7 +248,7 @@ bar= some cool option --bar with an argument An option group Header C? option C with an optional argument" -eval `echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?` +eval "$(echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?)" ------------ SQ-QUOTE |