From 824b5dc29cfe4f58d052d2d9273b39d34bf018e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Couder Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 06:51:41 +0200 Subject: Documentation: rev-parse: add a few "--verify" and "--default" examples Signed-off-by: Christian Couder Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index b6b2fe92a1..69599ffb67 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -378,6 +378,31 @@ C? option C with an optional argument" eval `echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git-rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?` ------------ +EXAMPLES +-------- + +* Print the object name of the current commit: ++ +------------ +$ git rev-parse --verify HEAD +------------ + +* Print the commit object name from the revision in the $REV shell variable: ++ +------------ +$ git rev-parse --verify $REV +------------ ++ +This will error out if $REV is empty or not a valid revision. + +* Same as above: ++ +------------ +$ git rev-parse --default master --verify $REV +------------ ++ +but if $REV is empty, the commit object name from master will be printed. + Author ------ -- cgit v1.2.3