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| author | Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> | 2010-08-20 05:35:03 -0500 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-08-20 14:16:22 -0700 |
| commit | 4cacbf677d4747e02586ca6f12d16cf8b5dc34e8 (patch) | |
| tree | c2decd05c9cd32dbbd903460980d12a60931e98f /Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | |
| parent | fc621bd08aefb9e81c85998247197137f383aa3d (diff) | |
| download | git-4cacbf677d4747e02586ca6f12d16cf8b5dc34e8.tar.gz | |
Documentation: remove stray backslashes in rev-parse manual
Use the {asterisk} entity instead of \* or * to avoid both
stray backslashes in output and suppression of asterisks
misinterpreted as a bold-text delimiter.
Reported-by: Frédéric Brière <fbriere@fbriere.net>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index be4c053360..341ca90c6e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ OPTIONS properly quoted for consumption by shell. Useful when you expect your parameter to contain whitespaces and newlines (e.g. when using pickaxe `-S` with - 'git diff-\*'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option, + 'git diff-{asterisk}'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option, the command input is still interpreted as usual. --not:: @@ -112,14 +112,15 @@ OPTIONS + If a `pattern` is given, only refs matching the given shell glob are shown. If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`, -`\*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by appending `/\*`. +`{asterisk}`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by +appending `/{asterisk}`. --glob=pattern:: Show all refs matching the shell glob pattern `pattern`. If the pattern does not start with `refs/`, this is automatically prepended. If the pattern does not contain a globbing - character (`?`, `\*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix - match by appending `/\*`. + character (`?`, `{asterisk}`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix + match by appending `/{asterisk}`. --show-toplevel:: Show the absolute path of the top-level directory. |