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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-07-09 19:54:04 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-07-09 19:54:04 -0700 |
| commit | c9f11c2b3a739e3e249b9e7711bf1ed76ef3c6db (patch) | |
| tree | 06ddfc72dff8e370e395a3acc692c8ab48147227 /git-check-ref-format.txt | |
| parent | d0a9940c76b71c9df840a098a423d3400779d83c (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-c9f11c2b3a739e3e249b9e7711bf1ed76ef3c6db.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.22.0-428-g6d5b2
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diff --git a/git-check-ref-format.txt b/git-check-ref-format.txt index d9de99258..ee6a4144f 100644 --- a/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ but it is explicitly forbidden at the beginning of a branch name). When run with `--branch` option in a repository, the input is first expanded for the ``previous checkout syntax'' `@{-n}`. For example, `@{-1}` is a way to refer the last thing that -was checked out using "git checkout" operation. This option should be +was checked out using "git switch" or "git checkout" operation. +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. As an exception note that, the ``previous checkout operation'' might result |