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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2014-07-22 12:39:51 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2014-07-22 12:39:51 -0700 |
| commit | dbe510515297d8d56e909741183ce54b1c4bcb58 (patch) | |
| tree | 088578904e3064076890e519696abfbb1da5c174 /git-rev-parse.txt | |
| parent | 6f0c94493349d73a72712d42830dd811d99dcd1a (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-dbe510515297d8d56e909741183ce54b1c4bcb58.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.0.2-731-g247b4
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diff --git a/git-rev-parse.txt b/git-rev-parse.txt index 9bd76a5a6..0b84769bd 100644 --- a/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ eval "set -- $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" "$@")" + If you want to make sure that the output actually names an object in your object database and/or can be used as a specific type of object -you require, you can add "^{type}" peeling operator to the parameter. +you require, you can add "\^{type}" peeling operator to the parameter. For example, `git rev-parse "$VAR^{commit}"` will make sure `$VAR` names an existing object that is a commit-ish (i.e. a commit, or an annotated tag that points at a commit). To make sure that `$VAR` |