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| author | Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> | 2006-05-20 22:03:14 -0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-05-21 02:07:43 -0700 |
| commit | 87a56cd3b1dfb651076fbdc6d3591a32d1286a03 (patch) | |
| tree | f8d05ed8dc67e42cdc4fc2c49bcf6c6f36357258 | |
| parent | 2b1f4247ab5881cfde1d35ca3e3c48b7de8f449c (diff) | |
| download | git-87a56cd3b1dfb651076fbdc6d3591a32d1286a03.tar.gz git-87a56cd3b1dfb651076fbdc6d3591a32d1286a03.tar.xz | |
Elaborate on why ':' is a bad idea in a ref name.
With the new cat-file syntax of 'v1.3.3:refs.c' we should mention
it as part of the reason why ':' is not permitted in a ref name.
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt | 2 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index 7dc1bdb6e..3ea720dd0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ refname expressions (see gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]). Namely: . colon `:` is used as in `srcref:dstref` to mean "use srcref\'s value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations. + It may also be used to select a specific object such as with + gitlink:git-cat-file[1] "git-cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c". GIT |