From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:00:23 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Sync with maint X-Git-Tag: v2.1.0-rc0~9 X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/247b4d5f3807dc3c2230bb4bf497f84a1fc59e49?hp=12621cb22224d1c2f507a643a578e386ee891c5c Sync with maint * maint: Documentation: fix missing text for rev-parse --verify --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 9bd76a5a6b..0b84769bd9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ eval "set -- $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" "$@")" + If you want to make sure that the output actually names an object in your object database and/or can be used as a specific type of object -you require, you can add "^{type}" peeling operator to the parameter. +you require, you can add "\^{type}" peeling operator to the parameter. For example, `git rev-parse "$VAR^{commit}"` will make sure `$VAR` names an existing object that is a commit-ish (i.e. a commit, or an annotated tag that points at a commit). To make sure that `$VAR`