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diff --git a/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/git-symbolic-ref.txt index ef68ad2b7..102c83eb1 100644 --- a/git-symbolic-ref.txt +++ b/git-symbolic-ref.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git symbolic-ref' [-m <reason>] <name> <ref> -'git symbolic-ref' [-q] [--short] <name> +'git symbolic-ref' [-q] [--short] [--no-recurse] <name> 'git symbolic-ref' --delete [-q] <name> DESCRIPTION @@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ OPTIONS When showing the value of <name> as a symbolic ref, try to shorten the value, e.g. from `refs/heads/master` to `master`. +--recurse:: +--no-recurse:: + When showing the value of <name> as a symbolic ref, if + <name> refers to another symbolic ref, follow such a chain + of symbolic refs until the result no longer points at a + symbolic ref (`--recurse`, which is the default). + `--no-recurse` stops after dereferencing only a single level + of symbolic ref. + -m:: Update the reflog for <name> with <reason>. This is valid only when creating or updating a symbolic ref. |