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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-03-21 14:19:53 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-03-22 23:52:06 -0700
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check-ref-format --branch: give Porcelain a way to grok branch shorthand
The command may not be the best place to add this new feature, but $ git check-ref-format --branch "@{-1}" allows Porcelains to figure out what branch you were on before the last branch switching. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ git-check-ref-format - Make sure ref name is well formed
SYNOPSIS
--------
+[verse]
'git check-ref-format' <refname>
+'git check-ref-format' [--branch] <branchname-shorthand>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -49,6 +51,16 @@ refname expressions (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]). Namely:
It may also be used to select a specific object such as with
'git-cat-file': "git cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c".
+With the `--branch` option, it expands a branch name shorthand and
+prints the name of the branch the shorthand refers to.
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+
+git check-ref-format --branch @{-1}::
+
+Print the name of the previous branch.
+
GIT
---