NAME
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-git-check-ref-format - Make sure ref name is well formed.
+git-check-ref-format - Make sure ref name is well formed
SYNOPSIS
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a tag is stored under `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` directory. git
imposes the following rules on how refs are named:
-. It could be named hierarchically (i.e. separated with slash
- `/`), but each of its component cannot begin with a dot `.`;
+. It can include slash `/` for hierarchical (directory)
+ grouping, but no slash-separated component can begin with a
+ dot `.`;
. It cannot have two consecutive dots `..` anywhere;
. It cannot have ASCII control character (i.e. bytes whose
values are lower than \040, or \177 `DEL`), space, tilde `~`,
- caret `{caret}`, or colon `:` anywhere;
+ caret `{caret}`, colon `:`, question-mark `?`, asterisk `*`,
+ or open bracket `[` anywhere;
. It cannot end with a slash `/`.
These rules makes it easy for shell script based tools to parse
-refnames, and also avoids ambiguities in certain refname
-expressions (see gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]). Namely:
+refnames, pathname expansion by the shell when a refname is used
+unquoted (by mistake), and also avoids ambiguities in certain
+refname expressions (see gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]). Namely:
. double-dot `..` are often used as in `ref1..ref2`, and in some
context this notation means `{caret}ref1 ref2` (i.e. not in
. colon `:` is used as in `srcref:dstref` to mean "use srcref\'s
value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations.
+ It may also be used to select a specific object such as with
+ gitlink:git-cat-file[1] "git-cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c".
GIT