From a31dca0393fefae894b7a155ae24000107bcc383 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:19:53 -0700 Subject: check-ref-format --branch: give Porcelain a way to grok branch shorthand The command may not be the best place to add this new feature, but $ git check-ref-format --branch "@{-1}" allows Porcelains to figure out what branch you were on before the last branch switching. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index 034223cc5a..51579f6776 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ git-check-ref-format - Make sure ref name is well formed SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git check-ref-format' +'git check-ref-format' [--branch] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -49,6 +51,16 @@ refname expressions (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]). Namely: It may also be used to select a specific object such as with 'git-cat-file': "git cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c". +With the `--branch` option, it expands a branch name shorthand and +prints the name of the branch the shorthand refers to. + +EXAMPLE +------- + +git check-ref-format --branch @{-1}:: + +Print the name of the previous branch. + GIT --- -- cgit v1.2.3