Merge branch 'jn/maint-1.6.3-check-ref-format-doc'

* jn/maint-1.6.3-check-ref-format-doc:
  Documentation: describe check-ref-format --branch

diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
index 0b7982ea76633e45b8d3073cd275ea74a757c0eb..e9b3b40af497c7b8508e31e171bf87e565b96963 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git check-ref-format' <refname>
-'git check-ref-format' [--branch] <branchname-shorthand>
+'git check-ref-format' --branch <branchname-shorthand>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ reference name expressions (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]):
 
 . at-open-brace `@{` is used as a notation to access a reflog entry.
 
-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
 -------