Merge branch 'js/cvsexportcommit'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index b6b2fe92a15bcb3ea314e5411e957e41e67904d8..69599ffb679b17ebbe6ba85c772cd10a3511d89e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -378,6 +378,31 @@ C?        option C with an optional argument"
 eval `echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git-rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?`
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+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+* Print the object name of the current commit:
++
+------------
+$ git rev-parse --verify HEAD
+------------
+
+* Print the commit object name from the revision in the $REV shell variable:
++
+------------
+$ git rev-parse --verify $REV
+------------
++
+This will error out if $REV is empty or not a valid revision.
+
+* Same as above:
++
+------------
+$ git rev-parse --default master --verify $REV
+------------
++
+but if $REV is empty, the commit object name from master will be printed.
+
 
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