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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 3c63561f02..10a116faf8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Many git porcelainish commands take mixture of flags +Many Git porcelainish commands take mixture of flags (i.e. parameters that begin with a dash '-') and parameters meant for the underlying 'git rev-list' command they use internally and flags and parameters for the other commands they use @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ shown. If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`, 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 +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:: @@ -187,9 +187,11 @@ print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status. 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. + Check if <path> is a valid repository or a gitfile that + points at a valid repository, and print the location of the + repository. If <path> is a gitfile then the resolved path + to the real repository is printed. + include::revisions.txt[] |