From: Shawn Pearce Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 02:03:14 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Elaborate on why ':' is a bad idea in a ref name. X-Git-Tag: v1.4.0-rc1~108 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=87a56cd3b1dfb651076fbdc6d3591a32d1286a03;p=git.git Elaborate on why ':' is a bad idea in a ref name. With the new cat-file syntax of 'v1.3.3:refs.c' we should mention it as part of the reason why ':' is not permitted in a ref name. Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index 7dc1bdb6e..3ea720dd0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ refname expressions (see gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]). Namely: . colon `:` is used as in `srcref:dstref` to mean "use srcref\'s value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations. + It may also be used to select a specific object such as with + gitlink:git-cat-file[1] "git-cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c". GIT