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diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 8b519d7448..9e92734bc1 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ the `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory or from the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file. and dereference the tag recursively until a non-tag object is found. +* A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter followed by a brace + pair that contains a text led by a slash (e.g. `HEAD^{/fix nasty bug}`): + this is the same as `:/fix nasty bug` syntax below except that + it returns the youngest matching commit which is reachable from + the ref before '{caret}'. + * A colon, followed by a slash, followed by a text (e.g. `:/fix nasty bug`): this names a commit whose commit message matches the specified regular expression. This name returns the youngest matching commit which is |