. They cannot have ASCII control characters (i.e. bytes whose
values are lower than \040, or \177 `DEL`), space, tilde `~`,
- caret `{caret}`, or colon `:` anywhere.
+ caret `^`, or colon `:` anywhere.
-. They cannot have question-mark `?`, asterisk `{asterisk}`, or open
+. They cannot have question-mark `?`, asterisk `*`, or open
bracket `[` anywhere. See the `--refspec-pattern` option below for
an exception to this rule.
reference name expressions (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]):
. A double-dot `..` is often used as in `ref1..ref2`, and in some
- contexts this notation means `{caret}ref1 ref2` (i.e. not in
+ contexts this notation means `^ref1 ref2` (i.e. not in
`ref1` and in `ref2`).
-. A tilde `~` and caret `{caret}` are used to introduce the postfix
+. A tilde `~` and caret `^` are used to introduce the postfix
'nth parent' and 'peel onion' operation.
. A colon `:` is used as in `srcref:dstref` to mean "use srcref\'s
--refspec-pattern::
Interpret <refname> as a reference name pattern for a refspec
(as used with remote repositories). If this option is
- enabled, <refname> is allowed to contain a single `{asterisk}`
+ enabled, <refname> is allowed to contain a single `*`
in place of a one full pathname component (e.g.,
- `foo/{asterisk}/bar` but not `foo/bar{asterisk}`).
+ `foo/*/bar` but not `foo/bar*`).
--normalize::
Normalize 'refname' by removing any leading slash (`/`)