. 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
- linkgit:git-cat-file[1] "git cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c".
+ 'git-cat-file': "git cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c".
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