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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-10-17 00:12:34 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-10-18 08:01:48 +0900 |
| commit | 89dd32aedcb52a77240f3923a687edc8a61662e7 (patch) | |
| tree | 99ebdc9614b4054a6d7d05321eeacb1804d52eee /Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt | |
| parent | 7ccc94ff4590cd035b7f78dfd9debbd7e692f3e6 (diff) | |
| download | git-89dd32aedcb52a77240f3923a687edc8a61662e7.tar.gz | |
check-ref-format doc: --branch validates and expands <branch>
"git check-ref-format --branch $name" feature was originally
introduced (and was advertised) as a way for scripts to take any
end-user supplied string (like "master", "@{-1}" etc.) and see if it
is usable when Git expects to see a branch name, and also obtain the
concrete branch name that the at-mark magic expands to.
Emphasize that "see if it is usable" role in the description and
clarify that the @{...} expansion only occurs when run from within a
repository.
[jn: split out from a larger patch]
Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index 92777cef25..cf0a0b7df2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -77,7 +77,14 @@ reference name expressions (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]): . at-open-brace `@{` is used as a notation to access a reflog entry. -With the `--branch` option, it expands the ``previous branch syntax'' +With the `--branch` option, the command takes a name and checks if +it can be used as a valid branch name (e.g. when creating a new +branch). The rule `git check-ref-format --branch $name` implements +may be stricter than what `git check-ref-format refs/heads/$name` +says (e.g. a dash may appear at the beginning of a ref component, +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 branch syntax'' `@{-n}`. For example, `@{-1}` is a way to refer the last branch you were on. This option should be used by porcelains to accept this syntax anywhere a branch name is expected, so they can act as if you |