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diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 69d996bc3..314e25da7 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ blobs contained in a commit. A symbolic ref name. E.g. 'master' typically means the commit object referenced by 'refs/heads/master'. If you happen to have both 'heads/master' and 'tags/master', you can - explicitly say 'heads/master' to tell git which one you mean. + explicitly say 'heads/master' to tell Git which one you mean. When ambiguous, a '<refname>' is disambiguated by taking the first match in the following rules: @@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ when you run `git cherry-pick`. + Note that any of the 'refs/*' cases above may come either from the '$GIT_DIR/refs' directory or from the '$GIT_DIR/packed-refs' file. +While the ref name encoding is unspecified, UTF-8 is prefered as +some output processing may assume ref names in UTF-8. '<refname>@\{<date>\}', e.g. 'master@\{yesterday\}', 'HEAD@\{5 minutes ago\}':: A ref followed by the suffix '@' with a date specification @@ -86,10 +88,10 @@ the '$GIT_DIR/refs' directory or from the '$GIT_DIR/packed-refs' file. The construct '@\{-<n>\}' means the <n>th branch checked out before the current one. -'<refname>@\{upstream\}', e.g. 'master@\{upstream\}', '@\{u\}':: - The suffix '@\{upstream\}' to a ref (short form '<refname>@\{u\}') refers to - the branch the ref is set to build on top of. A missing ref defaults - to the current branch. +'<branchname>@\{upstream\}', e.g. 'master@\{upstream\}', '@\{u\}':: + The suffix '@\{upstream\}' to a branchname (short form '<branchname>@\{u\}') + refers to the branch that the branch specified by branchname is set to build on + top of. A missing branchname defaults to the current one. '<rev>{caret}', e.g. 'HEAD{caret}, v1.5.1{caret}0':: A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter means the first parent of |