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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 97fc703f4c..b6c6326cdc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ eval "set -- $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" "$@")" + If you want to make sure that the output actually names an object in your object database and/or can be used as a specific type of object -you require, you can add "\^{type}" peeling operator to the parameter. +you require, you can add the `^{type}` peeling operator to the parameter. For example, `git rev-parse "$VAR^{commit}"` will make sure `$VAR` names an existing object that is a commit-ish (i.e. a commit, or an annotated tag that points at a commit). To make sure that `$VAR` @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ can be used. form as close to the original input as possible. --symbolic-full-name:: - This is similar to \--symbolic, but it omits input that + This is similar to --symbolic, but it omits input that are not refs (i.e. branch or tag names; or more explicitly disambiguating "heads/master" form, when you want to name the "master" branch when there is an @@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ Each line of options has this format: `<opt-spec>`:: its format is the short option character, then the long option name separated by a comma. Both parts are not required, though at least one - is necessary. `h,help`, `dry-run` and `f` are all three correct - `<opt-spec>`. + is necessary. May not contain any of the `<flags>` characters. + `h,help`, `dry-run` and `f` are examples of correct `<opt-spec>`. `<flags>`:: `<flags>` are of `*`, `=`, `?` or `!`. |