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diff --git a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt index 4bc35a1d4b..1e818bb02d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-symbolic-ref - read and modify symbolic refs SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-symbolic-ref' <name> [<ref>] +'git-symbolic-ref' [-q] <name> [<ref>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ A symbolic ref is a regular file that stores a string that begins with `ref: refs/`. For example, your `.git/HEAD` is a regular file whose contents is `ref: refs/heads/master`. +OPTIONS +------- + +-q:: + 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. + NOTES ----- In the past, `.git/HEAD` was a symbolic link pointing at |