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| author | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2007-03-05 22:46:05 +0300 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2007-03-06 08:21:09 +0300 |
| commit | 043d76050d3136b8684b5a3938e8bc0c1f8483fd (patch) | |
| tree | 1eb40dddd679f1687c3ecf98641aa51579738545 | |
| parent | c2d4eb7e04397595aa1369414aaab52f27bb9e3a (diff) | |
Add definition of <commit-ish> to the main git man page.
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index c0fa0d4b17..e514588bd3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ Identifier Terminology operate on a <tree> object but automatically dereferences <commit> and <tag> objects that point at a <tree>. +<commit-ish>:: + Indicates a commit or tag object name. A + command that takes a <commit-ish> argument ultimately wants to + operate on a <commit> object but automatically dereferences + <tag> objects that point at a <commit>. + <type>:: Indicates that an object type is required. Currently one of: `blob`, `tree`, `commit`, or `tag`. |