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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index c452f33a36..0b84769bd9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/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` @@ -245,6 +245,10 @@ print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status. --show-toplevel:: Show the absolute path of the top-level directory. +--shared-index-path:: + Show the path to the shared index file in split index mode, or + empty if not in split-index mode. + Other Options ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -363,7 +367,7 @@ usage: some-command [options] <args>... -h, --help show the help --foo some nifty option --foo --bar ... some cool option --bar with an argument - --bar <arg> another cool option --baz with a named argument + --baz <arg> another cool option --baz with a named argument --qux[=<path>] qux may take a path argument but has meaning by itself An option group Header |