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diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 3d4b79c480..8b519d7448 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ the `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory or from the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file. ':path' (with an empty part before the colon, e.g. `:README`) is a special case of the syntax described next: content recorded in the index at the given path. + A path starting with './' or '../' is relative to current working directory. + The given path will be converted to be relative to working tree's root directory. + This is most useful to address a blob or tree from a commit or tree that has + the same tree structure with the working tree. * A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a colon, followed by a path (e.g. `:0:README`); this names a blob object in the |