From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:07:33 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Merge branch 'jn/show-normalized-refs'
X-Git-Tag: v1.6.6-rc0~79
X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/68d00fd83421a0494c66512e4c66829f4863693d

Merge branch 'jn/show-normalized-refs'

* jn/show-normalized-refs:
check-ref-format: simplify --print implementation
git check-ref-format --print
Add tests for git check-ref-format

Conflicts:
Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
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68d00fd83421a0494c66512e4c66829f4863693d
diff --cc Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
index e9b3b40af4,211ae1c3fa..0aeef24780
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
@@@ -9,7 -9,8 +9,8 @@@ SYNOPSI
  --------
  [verse]
  'git check-ref-format' <refname>
+ 'git check-ref-format' --print <refname>
 -'git check-ref-format' [--branch] <branchname-shorthand>
 +'git check-ref-format' --branch <branchname-shorthand>
  
  DESCRIPTION
  -----------
@@@ -63,19 -64,28 +64,31 @@@ reference name expressions (see linkgit
  
  . at-open-brace `@{` is used as a notation to access a reflog entry.
  
+ With the `--print` option, if 'refname' is acceptable, it prints the
+ canonicalized name of a hypothetical reference with that name.  That is,
+ it prints 'refname' with any extra `/` characters removed.
+ 
 -With the `--branch` option, it expands a branch name shorthand and
 -prints the name of the branch the shorthand refers to.
 +With the `--branch` option, it expands the ``previous branch syntax''
 +`@{-n}`.  For example, `@{-1}` is a way to refer the last branch you
 +were on.  This option should be used by porcelains to accept this
 +syntax anywhere a branch name is expected, so they can act as if you
 +typed the branch name.
  
- EXAMPLE
- -------
- 
- git check-ref-format --branch @{-1}::
- 
- Print the name of the previous branch.
+ EXAMPLES
+ --------
  
+ * Print the name of the previous branch:
+ +
+ ------------
+ $ git check-ref-format --branch @{-1}
+ ------------
+ 
+ * Determine the reference name to use for a new branch:
+ +
+ ------------
+ $ ref=$(git check-ref-format --print "refs/heads/$newbranch") ||
+ die "we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name."
+ ------------
  
  GIT
  ---