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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index 171b68377..c1ce26884 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ git-check-ref-format - Ensures that a reference name is well formed SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git check-ref-format' <refname> +'git check-ref-format' [--branch] <branchname-shorthand> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -30,7 +32,11 @@ imposes the following rules on how references are named: caret `{caret}`, colon `:`, question-mark `?`, asterisk `*`, or open bracket `[` anywhere. -. They cannot end with a slash `/`. +. They cannot end with a slash `/` nor a dot `.`. + +. They cannot end with the sequence `.lock`. + +. They cannot contain a sequence `@{`. These rules make it easy for shell script based tools to parse reference names, pathname expansion by the shell when a reference name is used @@ -49,6 +55,18 @@ reference name expressions (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]): 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". +. 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. + +EXAMPLE +------- + +git check-ref-format --branch @{-1}:: + +Print the name of the previous branch. + GIT --- |