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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Given one argument, reads which branch head the given symbolic
ref refers to and outputs its path, relative to the `.git/`
directory. Typically you would give `HEAD` as the <name>
-argument to see on which branch your working tree is on.
+argument to see which branch your working tree is on.
-Give two arguments, create or update a symbolic ref <name> to
+Given two arguments, creates or updates a symbolic ref <name> to
point at the given branch <ref>.
A symbolic ref is a regular file that stores a string that
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.