Documentation: a note about stdout for git rev-parse --verify --quiet

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 987395d22af915832c535840ef59927fc5125294..fa4a8c3afcb93a5fc72e9d0a5dc798d773e0bb9e 100644 (file)
--- 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`
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ can be used.
        Only meaningful in `--verify` mode. Do not output an error
        message if the first argument is not a valid object name;
        instead exit with non-zero status silently.
+       SHA-1s for valid object names are printed to stdout on success.
 
 --sq::
        Usually the output is made one line per flag and
@@ -245,6 +246,10 @@ 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
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