SYNOPSIS
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-'git-symbolic-ref' [-q] [-m <reason>] <name> [<ref>]
+'git symbolic-ref' [-q] [-m <reason>] <name> [<ref>]
DESCRIPTION
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OPTIONS
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--q, --quiet::
+-q::
+--quiet::
Do not issue an error message if the <name> is not a
symbolic ref but a detached HEAD; instead exit with
non-zero status silently.
advertised (horrors). Therefore symbolic links are now deprecated
and symbolic refs are used by default.
-git-symbolic-ref will exit with status 0 if the contents of the
+'git-symbolic-ref' will exit with status 0 if the contents of the
symbolic ref were printed correctly, with status 1 if the requested
name is not a symbolic ref, or 128 if another error occurs.
Author
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-Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
GIT
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-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite