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Merge branch 'jn/maint-1.6.3-check-ref-format-doc' into maint-1.6.4 

* jn/maint-1.6.3-check-ref-format-doc:
  Documentation: describe check-ref-format --branch
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Junio C Hamano 2009-10-25 15:34:21 -07:00
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[verse] [verse]
'git check-ref-format' <refname> 'git check-ref-format' <refname>
'git check-ref-format' [--branch] <branchname-shorthand> 'git check-ref-format' --branch <branchname-shorthand>


DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION
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@ -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. . at-open-brace `@{` is used as a notation to access a reflog entry.


With the `--branch` option, it expands a branch name shorthand and With the `--branch` option, it expands the ``previous branch syntax''
prints the name of the branch the shorthand refers to. `@{-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 EXAMPLE
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