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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-10-18 23:01:26 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-10-18 23:01:26 -0700
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Merge branch 'jn/maint-1.6.3-check-ref-format-doc'
* jn/maint-1.6.3-check-ref-format-doc: Documentation: describe check-ref-format --branch
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git check-ref-format' <refname>
-'git check-ref-format' [--branch] <branchname-shorthand>
+'git check-ref-format' --branch <branchname-shorthand>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ reference name expressions (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]):
. at-open-brace `@{` is used as a notation to access a reflog entry.
-With the `--branch` option, it expands a branch name shorthand and
-prints the name of the branch the shorthand refers to.
+With the `--branch` option, it expands the ``previous branch syntax''
+`@{-n}`. For example, `@{-1}` is a way to refer the last branch you
+were on. This option should be used by porcelains to accept this
+syntax anywhere a branch name is expected, so they can act as if you
+typed the branch name.
EXAMPLE
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