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Given one argument, reads which branch head the given symbolic
ref refers to and outputs its path, relative to the `.git/`
directory. Typically you would give `HEAD` as the <name>
Given one argument, reads which branch head the given symbolic
ref refers to and outputs its path, relative to the `.git/`
directory. Typically you would give `HEAD` as the <name>
-argument to see on which branch your working tree is on.
+argument to see which branch your working tree is on.
-Give two arguments, create or update a symbolic ref <name> to
+Given two arguments, creates or updates a symbolic ref <name> to
point at the given branch <ref>.
A symbolic ref is a regular file that stores a string that
point at the given branch <ref>.
A symbolic ref is a regular file that stores a string that
advertised (horrors). Therefore symbolic links are now deprecated
and symbolic refs are used by default.
advertised (horrors). Therefore symbolic links are now deprecated
and symbolic refs are used by default.
-`git-symbolic-ref` will exit with status 0 if the contents of the
+'git-symbolic-ref' will exit with status 0 if the contents of the
symbolic ref were printed correctly, with status 1 if the requested
name is not a symbolic ref, or 128 if another error occurs.
Author
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symbolic ref were printed correctly, with status 1 if the requested
name is not a symbolic ref, or 128 if another error occurs.
Author
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-Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
GIT
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GIT
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